Colorado Gov. Jared Polis granted clemency on May 15 to former county elections clerk Tina Peters who had been convicted of lying to Colorado state officials about a tech specialist she brought in to observe changes to election software.
The commutation of her sentence by the Democratic governor came after the Colorado Court of Appeals left Peters’ conviction intact but ordered her re-sentenced.
President Donald Trump said in December 2025 that he was pardoning Peters, a Republican and vocal Trump supporter, but the presidential pardon appeared to be symbolic, because she was convicted of a state-level offense.
Reuters and Stacy Robinson contributed to this report….