Tina Peters, the former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk, falsely claimed Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden due to ballot fraud.
  • Former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for crimes related to a breach of her county’s voting system.
  • Peters espoused the false conspiracy theory that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden due to ballot fraud.
  • She was accused of allowing access to the voting system to an expert affiliated with My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, a leading proponent of the Trump election conspiracy theory.

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  • whyalone@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    The funny part is, that she believes deep down, if trump wins the election, he will pardon her 😂😂

    • Happywop@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      He can’t, they’re state charges not federal…she fuuuked and deservedly so. Of course unless Trump does win and he threatens the state AG I wouldn’t put it past him ffs. VOTE BLUE!

    • Weirdmusic@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Well, he did have to put up with her being in the same court room as him. Personally, I feel sorry for the Judge, he didn’t deserve this.

    • DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Going to prison for 7 years, at 69 years of age. For a crook that probably doesn’t even know her name. smh. The charge should be treason, that’s what she did.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    All these sentences for people who literally tried to subvert our Democracy are light as hell. Slap them for 15 years at a minimum.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      These should all have conspiracy for sedition or some such on them. But our legal system is too broken to look at that question.

    • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I totally agree, for her that’s likely a life sentence. I wonder if there isn’t some form of psychiatric help some of these people could benefit from. They’re all deeply brainwashed. Subjecting them to the people who have been portrayed so long as the enemy might change some minds. Though, I don’t know that I’d want to subject minorities to them.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Sometimes, people really do have bad intentions. This is one of those times. They don’t need psychiatric help. They need swift justice.

        • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          There’s no doubt she had bad intentions. The government is full of people with bad intentions. Taken at face value, somewhere between 40% and 60% of the US has bad intentions. Does that mean we’re almost half evil or that a lot of us are programmed horribly?

          My father, born and raised in Appalachia, was born into racism. Met a black guy, he was nice to my dad. Over the years my dad liked him and considered him a friend. Years later he recounts that this guy was one of the good N’s. JFC dad, where do I start? It’s not that an entire race of people is bad; you’ve been lied to your whole life and watch news that perpetuates that lie. It’s the same overall story with an Indian guy from work who shared some of his family’s curry with him. “He’s one of the good ones…” He votes with the republicans because of “all these horrible minorities waving flags on top buildings”. He’s only ever met a couple and says they’re good. He’s not evil, he’s just been lied to his whole life and has never been exposed to enough minorities to get de-programmed. Would he throw a box of democratic votes in the river if no one was looking? His friends, neighbors, and politicians are telling him he’s going to get overrun and shot by minorities if the left keeps winning. He might. Thankfully, he’ll never be in that position, but their programming is intensely strong.

          • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            9 months ago

            Your father has bad intentions, doesn’t matter how he got them. There is no deprogramming going on. No one is making an effort to educate these people. If anything, this polarization will get worse. Best case scenario is education gets fixed and this hysteria is buried over time.

    • Kalysta@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      She’s 69. Prison isn’t easy at any age. This is likely a life sentence for her.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        It doesnt matter. How many others would be down for sedition if she got slapped with a thirty year sentence at her age? Not many.

  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    She was accused of allowing access to the voting system to an expert affiliated with My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell

    I can’t pretty much guarantee there are no experts associated with Mike Lindell.

  • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Allowed access to the voting system as in to investigate or as in to tamper? One is hopefully unnecessary but harmless and one is obviously worthy of prison time, in my opinion.

    • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      It is a shame that the article doesn’t have those details.

      Oh wait, it does!

      Peters, 68, was convicted by a trial jury in August of seven criminal counts, including attempt to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, violation of duty, and failure to comply with secretary of state requirements.

      She was accused of using another person’s security badge to allow someone else to gain access to her county’s election system.

      The person who used that badge was affiliated with Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow and a leading proponent of the claim that Trump’s defeat for a second term was due to ballot fraud.

      There is no reason for this kind of access except to tamper, because the system is formally audited by people who don’t have to sneak in through illegal access.

      • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Thanks for summing it up for me and no thanks for the hostility! Reminds me of Reddit, so I feel right at home.

        Yep, she should be in prison.

        • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I’m sick of people trying to pretend like the people trying to interfere with elections would have some kind of non-malicious intent.

          Also I was being snarky, not hostile. Words mean things.

          • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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            9 months ago

            I’m sick of people jumping down each other’s throats when someone asks about something they don’t know about.

            So I guess we’re both sick of each other. 🖕

              • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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                9 months ago

                Why are you still talking to me? Is it because you’re lying about being sick of people like me and it’s really that you enjoy being rude?

                Going to have to figure out how to block people on lemmy now. May as well learn how on day 2, but it’s a bit sooner than I expected.

                • Nastybutler@lemmy.world
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                  9 months ago

                  I’m surprised you managed to figure out how to make a Lemmy account considering you can’t even tell when more than one person responds to you. And acting all wounded when you didn’t bother to RTFA and someone is kind enough to spoon feed you anyway is very reddit of you.

    • Kalysta@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      From what I gathered in the article, she wasn’t allowed access. She stole someone else’s access card to get in. So, worthy of prison time absolutely.

      • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Yeah I’m very much against that but not nearly as against the idea of transparency in voting.

        The obvious drawback being it could affect the anonymity of voting, which is an essential cornerstone to healthy democracies.

    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      She was not authorised to allow access, whatever the reason. You don’t get to break the law just because you think you have a reason.

      Regardless, it was to tamper (or to find a way to tamper, more specifically).

      • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I’m not on board with the Law = Morality argument and I doubt you are.

        Gandhi? Rosa Parks? MLK? Would you tell them they shouldn’t have broken the law just because they think they have a reason?

        • King3d@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Get a grip. It’s absolutely crazy to compare Tina Peters to MLK Jr., Rosa Parks, or Gandhi. These people fought against deep systemic injustice, risking their lives for civil rights and freedom. Peters’ actions, spreading lies tied to election denial and abuse of power, don’t come close to that level of sacrifice or historical importance. Trying to equate the two is a huge stretch and undermines the legacy of true leaders who changed the world for the better.

          • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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            8 months ago

            I’m not making the point that this person is as virtuous as any of the three that I named. I’m making the point that Law and Morality are not the same thing. Either you don’t understand that or you do understand it and facing your crummy point earlier is making you upset.

            Either way, find someone else to talk to because we’re done here.

            • King3d@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              What Tina Peters did is clearly immoral. She tampered with voting equipment and spread lies about election fraud, which directly undermines trust in democracy. I don’t care if she thought she was doing the right thing. Breaking laws meant to protect elections is not just wrong, it’s dangerous.

              • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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                8 months ago

                I agree with this comment, but it wasn’t the basis of your earlier comment. You’re accidentally or intentionally moving the goal posts because you want to fight and you want to be right at any cost.

      • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        dude needs to go back to doing drugs. This republican christianity stuff is ruining his life.

    • Kalysta@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      She probably thought trump was gonna save her.

      Hopefully these are state charges so even if he does win he can’t pardon her.

      • Wren@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I’d be willing to bet based on her defiance that she still does. Sadly for her, loyalty isn’t important to Trump….

        Only sacrifice is.