Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters faced more than 20 years behind bars after a jury found her guilty of four felonies and three misdemeanors related to a 2021 leak of voting machine data.

If anybody thinks it's over, they're out of their minds." Matt Crane, the head of the Colorado County Clerks Association, said he expects conversations around election security to continue for some time.

A rural Colorado county courthouse has beefed up security after threats were made against courthouse staff and a judge

A judge ripped into a Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a vocal figure in the MAGA movement, was sentenced to nine years behind bars on Thursday, with Colorado Judge Matthew Barrett delivering a scathing condemnation of her actions.

A judge ripped into a former Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars.

Security was beefed up at the Mesa County courthouse in Grand Junction over the threats directed at Judge Matthew Barrett.

Colorado court administrators are investigating threats against a district court judge and its staff after a former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters was sentenced this week in an election case. District Court Judge Matthew Barrett sentenced Peters to nine years in prison on Thursday and disparaged her push of discredited claims about rigged voting

We are receiving threats and compliments regarding Judge Barrett’s sentencing of Tina Peters,” a court executive said Friday