Colorado Gov. Polis commutes Tina Peters' election breach sentence from nine years to four-and-a-half years

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis reduced former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters' nine-year prison sentence to four years and four-and-a-half months on May 15, 2026, making her eligible for parole on June 1. Peters was convicted on seven counts for allowing unauthorized access to Dominion voting machines in 2021. The commutation followed months of Trump administration pressure including a legally meaningless federal pardon, federal funding withholding, and public threats against state officials.