{"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\/press\/voting-rights-groups-demand-gov-polis-hold-tina-peters-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting Rights Groups Demand Gov. Polis Hold Tina Peters Accountable"},"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\">Common Cause\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">led a group of 18 voting and civil rights organizations\u00a0in\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\">sending a letter<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Colorado <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Governor Polis, urging him to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">decline clemency for Tin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a Peters. The letter\u00a0comes on the heels of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack, and Governor Polis<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">publicl<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">considering giving clemency to Peters under ongoing pressure from President Donald Trump. <\/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, Colorado Common Cause Executive Director<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0ala<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rming to hear Governor Polis say Peters isn\u2019t a threat to society after she was responsible for one of the most serious election security breaches in the nation. Common Cause and our 24,813 members are calling on Governor Polis to stand up to President Trump and hold Tina Peters accountable for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">her crimes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Through executive order in 2025, President Trump pardoned around 1,500 people for their role in the deadly Jan 6. attack meant to change the results of the 2020 election he lost. By undoing the accountability and justice measures, Trump rewarded loyalists and seeks to do the same in the case of Peters. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">President Trump\u00a0cannot pardon\u00a0Peters;\u00a0presidents\u00a0can only issue pardons for\u00a0federal crimes.\u00a0Peters was charged and convicted for leading an election security break in Colorado in 2021.\u00a0A Republican district attorney prosecuted the case.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Peters allowed unauthorized access to Mesa County\u2019s election systems, disabled security cameras in the process, and refused to comply with subpoenas and directives from the Colorado Secretary of State.<\/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\">To read the letter, click here.<\/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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