Tina Peters

The governor is barred from speaking at Democratic Party events or functions or attending as a featured guest.

Vice President JD Vance believes former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters would be eligible to receive a taxpayer-funded settlement.

A formal complaint seeks to suspend Polis from speaking at state Democratic Party events.

Gov. Jared Polis has reduced the state prison sentence of Tina Peters, making her eligible for parole on June 1, 2026.

Tina Peters was improperly sentenced in 2024 and should receive a new sentencing hearing, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday.

The letter warned that clemency would be a gift to conspiracy theorists and risks undermining the safety of future elections.

The Colorado Sun asked every Democrat in the legislature Wednesday whether Polis should offer Peters clemency after the governor all but said on social media Tuesday that he plans to do so.

Colorado's Democratic governor is signaling his openness to granting clemency to a former county clerk who was convicted in a scheme attempting to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Gov. Jared Polis has faced a pressure campaign from President Donald Trump, who continues to repeat his false claims that the election was stolen from him.

In recent years, the governor has shortened sentences he saw as too severe.

Peters’ questions about the 2020 election have since yielded the focus of the White House and a flood of questions for Colorado’s governor.