Colorado state officials and di Colorado County Clerks Association dey beg Governor Jared Polis make e no gree di request wey go transfer former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters from di Colorado Department of Corrections go federal custody.
Tina Peters, wey believe say dem rig election, dem convict am for allowing people wey no get permission to enter voting machine for 2022. Since dat time, her case don dey attract attention for di whole country as her supporters dey push for her release.
Now, di Federal Bureau of Prisons don request make di Colorado Department of Corrections transfer Peters go federal custody. Dis move don cause plenty wahala from di Colorado County Clerks Association and state officials wey dey argue say di transfer request go bow to political pressure and sidestep di law.
On Friday, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold beg di governor make e no gree di request, dey encourage Polis to "uphold di authority of Colorado courts and Colorado law."
She talk say, "Tina Peters stand alone as example of di bad actions and outcomes of election denialism. Her deliberate and criminal actions dem perpetrate am to support Donald Trump's "Big Lie." She violate Colorado law and her duty to manage Mesa County elections. Dem find her guilty of her crimes by jury of her peers, after long trial. Peters dey serve her sentence for state prison for state crimes wey harm her community and violate di trust wey dem put for her office. Dem put her for prison because she break Colorado law."
Di Colorado County Clerks Association support Griswold's talk and say di transfer go endanger clerks for di whole country wey don dey face plenty threats and intimidation.
According to dem, "Di risks to dis public servants go only grow if dem allow her to use new legal narrative to further dis falsehoods. Dis election professionals stand up for di law, for di truth, and for di voters of Colorado. In return, dem endure fear for their safety."
Allies of Peters, di former clerk wey dey for jail because of her role for election conspiracy theory scheme, don dey push for her transfer as strategy to free her.
Colorado officials dey petition Democratic Governor Jared Polis make e no transfer convicted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters go federal custody after dem face pressure from di Trump administration to do so, strategy wey her supporters don propose to free her from prison.
Two letters wey dem address to Polis dey urge am make e reject di push by President Donald Trump's administration for Peters' move: one from Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein (R), and another from di Colorado County Clerks Association. Both letters dey argue say Peters' transfer go harm di state's judicial integrity.