Tina Peters

Tina Peters is a Republican former clerk and recorder of Mesa County, Colorado. In 2024 she was convicted of four felonies and three misdemeanors over unauthorized access to her county's election equipment in 2021, and she was released on parole in June 2026 after Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence. Since her release she has campaigned for hand-marked paper ballots, hand counts and federal action on election security.

What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Tina Peters, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Tina Peters

Tina Peters

Role at the time: Former Mesa County clerk and recorder

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Statement summary

Peters calls on federal officials, whose accounts she tags, to protect the critical infrastructure of the nation's elections before it is too late.

“Protect the critical infrastructure of our nation's elections before its too late”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Tina Peters' October 26 post calling on federal officials to protect election infrastructure · Tina PetersPost text
Why we used this label

The case concerns the federal action Peters has sought for the midterms, including the ballot plan her lawyer describes. In this post she repeats her call for federal officials to act on election infrastructure, a defense of that push.

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