Appeals court orders resentencing of ex-Colorado clerk jailed for election interference

Tina Peters, an election denier, was found guilty in 2024 of allowing unauthorized access to county’s voting equipment Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A Colorado appeals court on Thursday ordered the resentencing of a former state election official who was found guilty of allowing unauthorized access to her county’s voting equipment, the latest development in a closely watched case that has attracted considerable attention from Donald Trump and other election deniers. Tina Peters, a former clerk in Mesa county in western Colorado, was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2024 after a jury found her guilty on three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failure to comply with the secretary of state. Peters was the county clerk in 2020 and later allowed an unauthorized person to access the county’s Dominion voting machines. Sensitive information from the machines later wound up on the internet. “You are no hero, you abused your position and you’re a charlatan who used, and is still using, your prior position in office to peddl