Election denier Tina Peters to be hired as elections consultant in conservative California county
Summary
A California county plans to hire Tina Peters, a Colorado election official convicted of crimes related to voting system breaches, as a consultant on elections. Peters, recently released from prison, will not have access to voting machines, but her hiring highlights ongoing election distrust in the county.Key Facts
- Shasta County, California, will hire Tina Peters as an election consultant.
- Tina Peters was convicted of multiple crimes in 2024 for allowing unauthorized access to voting equipment in Colorado.
- Peters was released from prison in June after Colorado’s Democratic governor commuted her nine-year sentence.
- The Shasta County election official, Clint Curtis, supports hiring Peters but says she will not access voting systems.
- Shasta County has a history of rejecting voting machine companies like Dominion and pushing hand-count votes, despite expert warnings.
- The county has seen candidates and officials promote baseless claims of election fraud and legal challenges to election results.
- Curtis, also a critic of voting machines, faces accusations of creating a hostile workplace and violating county rules.
- Colorado’s Secretary of State said it is troubling that Peters could influence election administration in California.
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