Colorado state officials and the Colorado County Clerks Association are asking Gov. Jared Polis to deny a request that would transfer former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters from the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections to federal custody.

Allies of Peters, the former clerk behind bars for her role in an election conspiracy theory scheme, have pushed for her transfer as a strategy to free her.

The results of the November 2025 odd-year elections are well-known. Democrats easily won the Virginia and New Jersey governor elections and, in a number of other state elections, bested the Republicans.

President says Tina Peters, 70, is ‘dying & old’ – but he currently lacks the authority to free her from prison

Months after federal officials demanded voter data, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and several peers are trying to determine what exactly the Trump administration is doing.

The Trump administration is seeking a transfer from state prison to federal custody of a former Colorado county clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists.

This week, the Federal Bureau of Prisons made a formal request, asking Colorado’s Department of Corrections to transfer Peters into federal custody according to Attorney General Phil Weiser and District Attorney Daniel Rubenstein. Those two leaders describe the request as a step the Trump Administration could be taking to possibly pardon Peters.

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