Tina Peters, the county clerk who was indicted in March on several counts relating to a flaw in her county’s election system, attributed her third-place finish in the Republican primary for Colorado secretary of state on Tuesday to voter fraud.
According to data released by the Associated Press, Peters came in third place with 28.3 percent of the vote, trailing winner Pam Anderson (43% of the vote) and Mike O’Donnell (28.5%).
The Colorado Republican Party Assembly and Convention, which favored Peters with 60% of the vote in April, gave her tremendous support, making her defeat somewhat unexpected. At that time, O’Donnell also garnered enough support to be included on the ballot.
There is no proof of voter fraud in Colorado’s 2020 presidential election, according to Anderson, a former Jefferson County clerk who petitioned her way onto the ballot.
In May 2021, Peters allegedly permitted an unauthorized person to attend a software installation for Dominion voting machines and allegedly assisted an unauthorized person in making copies of the hard drives of Mesa County voting machines. As a result, a grand jury indicted her on 10 felony and misdemeanor charges. Any misbehavior by Peters has been refuted.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who has promoted unsubstantiated accusations about voting fraud in the 2020 presidential election, has backed Peters, who has been prohibited from managing elections in the county.
“This is not over,” Peters told supporters at an election watch party, according to a report from The Denver Post. “I’m sorry we had faith in the system once again.”
Sara Wilson, a reporter with Colorado Newsline, said onTwitter that Peters also reportedly said, “We didn’t lose, we just found evidence of more fraud … they’re cheating and we’ll prove it once again.”
