Shasta County weighs hiring Tina Peters as elections consultant amid election-denial controversy

Shasta County, California, plans to hire Tina Peters—a Colorado election denier released from prison—as an elections consultant, a move drawing alarm from Colorado officials and election-security advocates. Peters was convicted of multiple felonies for allowing an activist to impersonate a county employee during a Dominion software upgrade and was released after Gov. Polis commuted her sentence. The hire comes amid ongoing controversy over the county’s elections, including earlier efforts to sever ties with Dominion and push for hand-counting, and amid turnover in the county elections leadership.