This judge’s decision does not affect Peters’ authority over other aspects of the clerk’s office, including motor vehicle registrations and business filings. Their names have already appeared on press releases and notices about the county’s upcoming election. In her lawsuit to remove Peters from election oversight, Griswold asked the court to give the task to former Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams and Mesa County’s former clerk and current county treasurer, Sheila Reiner, an arrangement supported by the Mesa county commissioners. “The Court’s decision today bars Peters from further threatening the integrity of Mesa’s elections and ensures Mesa County residents have the secure and accessible election they deserve.” “Clerk Peters seriously compromised the security of Mesa County’s voting system,” Griswold wrote in a statement following the ruling.
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Knisley requested that security cameras in the room be turned off ahead of those events.Ĭopies of the county’s election management software and passwords were shared with people who believe the 2020 election was rigged by Dominion Voting Systems, the Denver-based company that supplies Mesa County’s equipment, and images were later posted online by the right-wing website Gateway Pundit.Ĭolorado’s audits show that the state’s election was accurate and fair and a recent test of the county’s new voting equipment from Dominion found the machines correctly tabulated all sample ballots. Griswold said her office found evidence that Peters brought an unauthorized person into a secure room where Mesa County’s election equipment is stored and allowed him to make copies before and after the software update. "If this decision stands, it will fundamentally shift the power of running local elections from the county clerk to a Secretary of State in Denver, eroding the checks and balances that make our elections fair," said Peters. She described herself as a whistleblower and called the lawsuit to remove her a “power grab” by the current Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat. Peters said in a statement that she is disappointed in the judge’s decision and will appeal. “Peters directed the creation of the images of the hard drive, which was not authorized by law and which directly led to the decommissioning of Mesa County’s voting systems, facilitating the leak of sensitive data and exposed the county’s voting system to compromise,” Robison wrote in her decision.
The ruling also covers Peters’ deputy, Belinda Knisley who is on administrative leave for a personnel issue. Mesa County District Court Judge Valerie Robison said in her decision that Peters should not be allowed to have access to the county’s voting machines.
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Updated October 21, 2021: The state Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Tina Peters' lawyer, meaning the ruling removing her from election oversight duties will stand.Įmbattled clerk and recorder Tina Peters will not be allowed to oversee the election in Mesa County this fall, a judge ruled Wednesday afternoon.Ĭolorado’s Secretary of State sought to ban Peters from her election duties due to her alleged role in a security breach around an upgrade to the county's Dominion Voting Systems election equipment earlier this year.
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