{"id":2138,"date":"2026-01-14T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2138"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:13:43","slug":"voting-rights-groups-demand-gov-polis-hold-tina-peters-accountable","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/de\/press\/wahlrechtsgruppen-fordern-dass-gouverneur-polis-tina-peters-zur-rechenschaft-zieht\/","title":{"rendered":"Wahlrechtsgruppen fordern Gouverneur Polis auf, Tina Peters zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2138","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Common Cause led a group of 18 voting and civil rights organizations in sending a letter to Colorado Governor Polis, urging him to decline clemency for Tina Peters.","featured_image":"","press_type":147,"authors":"","related_issues":[419],"related_work":false,"location":2},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gemeinsame Ursache\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">f\u00fchrte eine Gruppe von 18 Wahl- und B\u00fcrgerrechtsorganisationen an in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Letter-to-Governor-Polis-1_13_2026.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">einen Brief senden<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zu <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Colorado <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gouverneur Polis forderte ihn auf, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Gnadengesuch f\u00fcr Zinn ablehnen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Peters. Der Brief folgt unmittelbar auf\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">der f\u00fcnfte Jahrestag des Anschlags vom 6. Januar und Gouverneur Polis<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00f6ffentlich<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Die Regierung erw\u00e4gt, Peters unter dem anhaltenden Druck von Pr\u00e4sident Donald Trump zu begnadigen. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cActions have consequences, and Tina Peters is facing just consequences for the serious crimes she committed,\" said <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aly Belknap, Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerin von Colorado Common Cause<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. \u201cEs ist ala<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Es ist erschreckend, dass Gouverneur Polis behauptet, Peters sei keine Gefahr f\u00fcr die Gesellschaft, nachdem sie f\u00fcr einen der schwerwiegendsten Sicherheitsverst\u00f6\u00dfe bei Wahlen im Land verantwortlich war. Common Cause und unsere 24.813 Mitglieder fordern Gouverneur Polis auf, sich Pr\u00e4sident Trump entgegenzustellen und Tina Peters zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ihre Verbrechen.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Durch einen Erlass im Jahr 2025 begnadigte Pr\u00e4sident Trump rund 1.500 Personen f\u00fcr ihre Beteiligung an dem t\u00f6dlichen Anschlag vom 6. Januar, der das Ergebnis der von ihm verlorenen Wahl 2020 ver\u00e4ndern sollte. Indem er die Ma\u00dfnahmen zur Rechenschaftspflicht und Gerechtigkeit aufhob, belohnte Trump Gefolgsleute und versucht, im Fall von Peters dasselbe zu tun. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pr\u00e4sident Trump kann Peters nicht begnadigen; Pr\u00e4sidenten k\u00f6nnen nur Begnadigungen f\u00fcr Bundesverbrechen aussprechen. Peters wurde wegen der Leitung eines Sicherheitsvorfalls bei Wahlen in Colorado im Jahr 2021 angeklagt und verurteilt. Ein republikanischer Staatsanwalt f\u00fchrte die Anklage.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Peters erm\u00f6glichte unbefugten Zugriff auf die Wahlsysteme von Mesa County, deaktivierte dabei Sicherheitskameras und weigerte sich, Vorladungen und Anweisungen des Staatssekret\u00e4rs von Colorado Folge zu leisten.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/colorado\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Letter-to-Governor-Polis-1_13_2026.pdf\">Um den Brief zu lesen, klicken Sie hier.<\/a>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Voting Rights Groups Demand Gov. 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