A Colorado clerk was barred in a new ruling from overseeing upcoming elections.
Tina Peters, a Republican who is Mesa County’s chief election official, has repeatedly failed to follow orders from Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, according to the ruling.
That includes not signing an order stipulating that Peters could oversee the upcoming elections, but only if she agreed to oversight from Griswold’s deputies.
Additionally, bond conditions imposed on both Peters and Belinda Knisley, the county’s deputy clerk, after they were charged with misconduct in March, mean they’re unable to perform their duties.
“The court determines that the petitioners have met the burden of showing that Peters and Knisley have committed a neglect of duty and are unable to perform the duties of the Mesa County designated election official,” Mesa County District Judge Valerie Robison ruled.
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