DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 4 -- The Colorado Secretary of State issued the following statement on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Today former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison and six months in jail for her role in the breach of her own election equipment in 2021. Secretary of State Jena Griswold has issued the following statement: "Tina Peters has been sentenced to nine years of incarceration for her dangerous attempts to break into her own election equipment to prove Trump  more