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She is also charged with one count each of violation of duty and failing to comply with the secretary of state, which are unclassified misdemeanor offenses.

The Mesa County District Attorney’s Office says Peters is charged with three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, a Class 4 felony one count of attempting to influence a public servant, a Class 5 felony one count of criminal impersonation, a Class 6 felony one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, a Class 6 felony one count of identify theft, a Class 4 felony and one count of first-degree official misconduct, a Class 2 misdemeanor. “This news has encouraged our association to redouble our efforts to push for changes that will both ensure better training for all election officials as well as increase penalties for those election officials who choose to break the law.” “County clerks are committed to our role as the guardians of our most sacred right as Americans, the right to vote in free, fair, and secure elections,” Crane said in a written statement. Matt Crane, the head of the Colorado County Clerks Association, said the organization is “devastated by this breach of trust.” Today, we are asking Clerk Peters to consider what is best for the Republican Party in Colorado and act accordingly as she avails herself of our judicial system.” The statement added: “The Republican Party is the party of law and order and we need every Republican voter focused on getting Republicans and constitutional conservatives elected across Colorado in 2022. “It is our belief, as leaders of the Colorado Republican Party, that any Republican candidate who is indicted with felonies by a grand jury and who will be charged by a Republican district attorney should suspend their campaign while they undergo the legal challenges associated with those indictments,” Colorado GOP Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown, Vice Chairwoman Priscilla Rahn and Secretary Marilyn Harris said in a joint written statement on Wednesday. The leaders of the Colorado GOP, in reaction to the indictment, called Peters to drop out of the secretary of state’s race. Peters and Knisley turned themselves in after a Mesa County grand jury indicted them on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges related to an election security breach. Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, 67, and Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley, 67, were booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on March 9, 2022.