Peters, a former clerk of Mesa County, was sentenced to nine years in prison after she was convicted in 2024 of tampering with voting machines in an attempt to show that the 2020 presidential election was gamed to favor Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis fired two members of the state's clemency board after they disclosed the board's recommendation to the governor against commuting the prison sentence of Tina Peters.
Peters, a former clerk of Mesa County, was sentenced to nine years in prison after she was convicted in 2024 of tampering with voting machines in an attempt to show that the 2020 presidential election was gamed to favor Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
Clemency board members Hannah Seigel and Azra Taslimi disclosed that the board voted unanimously to reject Peters' application for a shorter sentence, which Polis, a Democrat, overruled, the New York Times reported.
The board's meetings are normally conducted in secret and doesn't disclose the recommendations it makes to the governor. Seigel and Taslimi said they wanted to make the process more transparent and were aware doing so could result in their termination.
A spokesperson for the governor told the Times that the women's decision undermines the credibility and impartiality of the board, and it broke a clearly defined confidentiality policy.
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