Colorado Gov. Polis grants clemency to Tina Peters, halving election-related sentence

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he will grant clemency to Tina Peters, halving her nine-year prison sentence for allowing unauthorized access to Mesa County’s voting system after the 2020 election, with paroled timing possible within a month after time served. The decision followed Peters’ leniency application and Trump’s public pressure; Peters was convicted on four state felonies and the appeals court upheld the conviction but said the sentence was too harsh, while Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold opposed leniency.