In May 2021, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters allowed an unauthorized person to access voting machines and attend a secure update of their software. That individual, a local man named Gerald Wood, took pictures and made copies of the hard drives, with the images ending up posted online.
The incident has become a high-profile flashpoint as false claims about the 2020 presidential vote risk undermining election security around the country. Here’s what’s happened so far.
There’s a general consensus on the basic facts of what happened in May, although the Secretary of State and Tina Peters disagree about whether the actions violated any laws or Colorado’s election rules.
On May 17, deputy clerk Belinda Knisley asked Mesa’s IT department to turn off security cameras in the Mesa County elections office, and leave them off until August 1. Peters says state law does not require nonstop video monitoring.
On May 23, a Sunday, Peters used her badge to enter the secure area with someone, later identified as Gerald Wood. While in the room he imaged the hard drives of vote-counting equipment, essentially making a copy of their software and data. Peters has called him a ‘consultant’ in court filings but offered no details about who exactly he is, how she connected with him, and whether he was paid for his services.
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