Republican former election clerk jailed for nine years over voter interference

Tina Peters, who was lauded by election deniers, convicted over scheme inspired by false claims about 2020 result

A local elections official who became a hero to election deniers was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the 2020 presidential outcome.

Tina Peters allowed a man affiliated with the pillow salesman and election-lie trafficker Mike Lindell to misuse a security card to access to the Mesa county election system.