Did Wingnut Colorado Clerk Leak Election Codes To Goddamn Gateway Pundit, Or Wuz She Fraaaamed

[Nevilledog]

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A county election official in Colorado is under investigation for her possible role in leaking voting machine passwords that were posted in a video at the Gateway Pundit, because that's where all the most credible voting security news gets reported. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said yesterday that election equipment in rural Mesa County would have to be replaced, because her staff had inspected the voting machines and other equipment earlier this week, but couldn't

establish a verifiable chain of custody for any of the voting systems components in Mesa County and cannot establish confidence in the integrity or security of those components.

Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters is a big fan of the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen, and was actually not in the office when the team from the secretary of state's office showed up with a warrant. As any responsible officeholder would be, Peters had skedaddled off to South Dakota to attend MyPillow guy Mike Lindell's dumb fraud picnic. Peters took the opportunity to claim that Griswold, a Democrat, was a tyrant bent on taking over Mesa County, Colorado's last bastion of conservatism, and that the secretary of state had "invaded" her office — after getting a search warrant, as invaders usually do.

Peters also explained to the crowd at Pillowpalooza that she's been "persecuted," and says that if anybody leaked the login information for her county's election equipment to the stupidest rightwing conspiracy theory blog on the internet, it was probably the Democratic secretary of state, which is just logical, because "These just happen to be passwords that only the secretary of state has," you see.

The Associated Press weirdly framed the accusations against Peters as part of a "feud" between Griswold and Peters, we guess because when a lady prosecutor investigates a possible crime committed by a different elected lady, surely there's a catfight in the offing.

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[dalton99a]

1. You cannot find a more impartial election official

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Tiny Peters with Shitforbrains Lindell

[crickets]

3. I so love Wonkette. Snark-o-rama! nt