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Convicted Colorado election clerk Tina Peters' transfer to federal custody hinges on governor
Colorado state officials and the Colorado County Clerks Association are asking Gov. Jared Polis to deny a request that would transfer former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters from the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections to federal custody.
Months after federal officials demanded voter data, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and several peers are trying to determine what exactly the Trump administration is doing.
The results of the November 2025 odd-year elections are well-known. Democrats easily won the Virginia and New Jersey governor elections and, in a number of other state elections, bested the Republicans.
This week, the Federal Bureau of Prisons made a formal request, asking Colorado’s Department of Corrections to transfer Peters into federal custody according to Attorney General Phil Weiser and District Attorney Daniel Rubenstein. Those two leaders describe the request as a step the Trump Administration could be taking to possibly pardon Peters.
The Trump administration is seeking a transfer from state prison to federal custody of a former Colorado county clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists.
Over three-quarters of Colorado voters believe a third major political party is needed, according to a new survey released Thursday by the Colorado Polling Institute. What exactly they think
Allies of Peters, the former clerk behind bars for her role in an election conspiracy theory scheme, have pushed for her transfer as a strategy to free her.
Marijuana was barely on the ballot in Colorado this year, and the little action it did see wasn’t great for industry expansion.
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