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===2020-2021 county clerk election tampering=== It was reported in August 2021 that the Mesa [[Municipal clerk#United States|County Clerk]] [[Tina Peters (Colorado)|Tina Peters]] in May 2021 allowed an unauthorized person into a secure facility during an annual [[Software Upgrade|upgrade]] to the county's [[Voting machine|election equipment]] [[software]], compromising the equipment. The [[security breach]] meant Mesa County would not be able to use the equipment for its fall 2021 election.<ref>Birkeland, Bente [https://www.npr.org/2021/08/12/1027225157/after-data-is-posted-on-conspiracy-website-colo-countys-voting-machines-are-bann After Data Is Posted On Conspiracy Website, Colo. County's Voting Machines Are Banned] National Public Radio, August 12, 2021.</ref> This was not the first time Peters had been a source of election controversy. In February 2020, it was discovered that Peters' office neglected to count 574 ballots cast in a dropbox outside her office. These uncounted ballots were cast in the November 2019 election and remained uncounted in the dropbox for 3 months. They were found only because Peters' office checked the dropbox for ballots cast in the next election - the 2020 presidential primary. This prompted an attempt to recall Peters as county clerk. The effort was unsuccessful.<ref>Verlee, Megan [https://www.cpr.org/2020/02/27/we-got-lucky-that-missing-mesa-ballot-situation-wasnt-worse-elections-chief-says/ 'We Got Lucky' That Missing Mesa Ballot Situation Wasn't Worse, Elections Chief Says] Colorado Public Radio, February 27, 2020.</ref> In March 2022, Peters was indicted by a Mesa County grand jury on seven felony and three misdemeanor counts of election tampering and misconduct related to the alleged May 2021 security breach. Her deputy, Belinda Knisley, was charged on six counts. At the time of indictment, Peters was a candidate for [[Colorado Secretary of State]], a position that would involve supervising the state's elections.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Birkeland |first1=Bente |title=Colorado clerk indicted on 13 counts of election tampering and misconduct |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1085452644/colorado-clerk-indicted-on-13-counts-of-election-tampering-and-misconduct |publisher=National Public Radio |date=March 8, 2022}}</ref> In May 2022, a Colorado district judge prohibited Peters and Knisley from overseeing November 2022 Mesa County elections, the second year of such a prohibition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hindi |first1=Saja |title=Election-denying clerk Tina Peters, deputy Belinda Knisley barred from overseeing 2022 elections in Mesa County |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2022/05/10/tina-peters-barred-2022-election-mesa-county/ |work=The Denver Post |date=May 10, 2022}}</ref> On August 12, 2024, Peters was convicted on seven of the ten charges against her, including four felonies. A Mesa County jury found Peters guilty on three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, and one count each of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, official misconduct, violation of duty, and failure to comply with the Secretary of State. She was acquitted on the remaining three charges against her, which included identity theft and criminal impersonation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Slevin |first1=Colleen |title=Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, one-time hero to election deniers, convicted in computer breach |url=https://apnews.com/article/tina-peters-election-computer-breach-8a171657321dd595dfd2dd81e0a0a848 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 12, 2024}}</ref> On October 3, 2024, Peters was sentenced to a total of 9 years in prison, with the first 6 months of her sentence to be served in the Mesa County Detention Facility, and the remaining 8.5 years to be served in the [[Colorado Department of Corrections]]. Peters was also fined a total of $3,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McRae |first1=Jennifer |title=Tina Peters, former Colorado clerk, sentenced to 9 years behind bars in election interference case |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/former-mesa-county-clerk-tina-peters-sentenced-colorado-election-interference-case/?intcid=CNR-02-0623 |work=[[CBS News|CBS Colorado]] |date=October 3, 2024}}</ref> {{PresHead|place=Mesa County, Colorado|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|55,839|33,573|2,208|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|56,894|31,536|2,193|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|49,779|21,729|6,146|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|47,472|23,846|1,629|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|44,578|24,008|1,045|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|41,539|19,564|782|Colorado}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|32,396|15,465|3,193|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|24,761|17,114|4,737|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|18,169|15,162|10,736|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|22,150|14,372|633|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|23,736|9,938|400|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|22,686|7,549|2,681|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|17,924|8,807|659|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|15,527|6,358|728|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|10,745|8,775|2,151|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|8,317|12,716|49|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|13,015|9,072|45|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|12,869|7,567|60|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|11,883|6,883|79|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|6,586|8,401|198|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|6,653|6,870|75|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|7,049|7,694|169|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,654|7,824|921|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,388|6,682|737|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,446|3,223|133|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|4,053|2,388|2,461|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,621|3,138|512|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,223|4,394|778|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|976|2,733|4,115|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,049|2,824|922|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,783|1,555|423|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,317|1,968|249|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1896|Democratic|469|2,374|123|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1892|Populist|529|0|708|Colorado}} {{PresRow|1888|Republican|440|388|61|Colorado}} {{PresFoot|1884|Republican|353|329|5|Colorado}}
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