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Tina Peters, former Colorado clerk, sentenced to 9 years behind bars in election interference case

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Tina Peters was sentenced to 8 -and-a-half years in prison and additional time to be served in the Mesa County Detention Center for a total of nine years incarceration on Thursday .

Peters was found guilty of three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first -degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with Colorado 's Secretary of State .

The charges stemmed from Peters allowing a county security card to be misused to give a man access to the county election system and for deceiving other officials about that man's identity.

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