Colorado court throws out election denier Tina Peters' 9-year sentence for tampering with election equipment [View all]

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Apr. 2, 2026, 11:45 AM EDT
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Colorado court throws out election denier Tina Peters' 9-year sentence for tampering with election equipment

The state appeals court is asking the trial court to resentence Peters.

By Gary Grumbach and Dareh Gregorian

The Colorado Court of Appeals has thrown out election denier Tina Peters' nine-year prison sentence, finding that the lower court violated her First Amendment right to free speech related to her allegations of election fraud.

"The trial court's comments about Peters's belief in the existence of 2020 election fraud went beyond relevant considerations for her sentencing," a three-judge panel wrote in a 77-page opinion. "Her offense was not her belief, however misguided the trial court deemed it to be, in the existence of such election fraud; it was her deceitful actions in her attempt to gather evidence of such fraud. Indeed, under these circumstances, just as her purported beliefs underlying her motive for her actions were not relevant to her defense, the trial court should not have considered those beliefs relevant when imposing sentence."

The judges wrote that it was "apparent" the lower court imposed the sentence it did because Tina Peters continued to espouse election denying views.

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Colorado court throws out election denier Tina Peters' 9-year sentence for tampering with election equipment
The state appeals court is asking the trial court to resentence Peters.
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