Colorado court orders resentencing for former county clerk in election fraud scheme
Mesa County, Colo., clerk Tina Peters talks on the west steps of the State Capitol Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado appeals court ruled Thursday that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that sought to prove fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced because a judge wrongly punished her for statements protected as free speech.
Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison term after being convicted of state crimes for sneaking in an outside computer expert to make a copy of her county's election computer system during a software update in 2021. A photo and video of confidential voting system passwords were later posted on social media and a conservative website.
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