Election denier Tina Peters to be granted clemency by Jared Polis

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) plans to grant clemency to former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a prominent election denier serving a lengthy prison sentence for breaching election security equipment in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, according to multiple reports Friday. 

Peters, 70, was sentenced in 2024 to nine years in prison after a jury convicted her on several felony and misdemeanor charges tied to a scheme to copy sensitive election system data from Mesa County voting equipment during a 2021 software update.

Prosecutors said Peters allowed an outside computer expert affiliated with allies of President Donald Trump to gain unauthorized access to county systems. Passwords and election data were later spread online and promoted at events, alleging that the 2020 election had been rigged. 

Polis had increasingly signaled he was weighing clemency after a Colorado appeals court last month upheld Peters’ convictions but ordered her resentencing, ruling the trial