Election Security Expert Warns Tina Peters’ Commutation Undermines Voter Trust and Accountability

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: press@verifiedvoting.org PHILADELPHIA (May 20, 2026) — Following Colorado Governor Jared Polis’s commutation of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’s prison sentence for felony convictions related to breaches of election equipment security protocols, Verified Voting’s President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement: “Maintaining a secure chain of…