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Republican former election clerk jailed for nine years over voter interference
Tina Peters, who was lauded by election deniers, convicted over scheme inspired by false claims about 2020 result
A local elections official who became a hero to election deniers was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the 2020 presidential outcome.
Tina Peters allowed a man affiliated with the pillow salesman and election-lie trafficker Mike Lindell to misuse a security card to access to the Mesa county election system.
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