August 12, 2024judicialelection administrationvoting equipment securityinsider riskelectionselection equipmentcriminal prosecution
A Colorado jury convicts Tina Peters in the Mesa County voting-equipment breach
A Colorado jury convicted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters on felony and misdemeanor counts tied to a breach of county voting equipment. Prosecutors said Peters helped an unauthorized person use another person's security badge during a trusted-build process and copy election-system data. Peters became a national figure among election deniers, but the verdict treated the breach as official misconduct and criminal impersonation, not proof of voter fraud.