Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was released from a Colorado prison Monday after Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence and made her eligible for parole, the Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed. Peters had served less than a quarter of a nine-year sentence imposed in 2024 for her role in a scheme to copy Mesa County’s election system after the 2020 election. Polis, a Democrat, commuted the sentence in May after President Donald Trump pressed for Peters’ release and a Colorado ap...

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