OP/ED Gazette January 4, 2026
January 7, 2026
Letters To The Editor
In defense of Tina Peters
The Colorado Springs Gazette
4 Jan 2026
It’s commonly reported that “Tina Peters was convicted by a jury of her peers, prosecuted by a Republican district attorney, and found guilty of violating Colorado state laws, including criminal impersonation.”
The needed corrections are:
1) Peters was not convicted by a jury of her peers. Most looked barely out of college, if that. She was 69 at the time of her trial, when Judge Matthew Barrett censored her defense at least 39 times. Her jury never heard her defense or what she found.
2) “Republican” DA Dan Rubinstein never investigated the Level 3 Election fraud Tina accidentally discovered and reported. See the evidence in Report No. 3 at tinapeters.us if you want your votes to count.
3) Peters broke no Colorado laws. She disobeyed SOS email orders and hid her subject-matter expert from the SOS team, which she had the right to do under Election Rule 20.5.3(b). Prosecution attorney Robert Shapiro only quoted Election Rule 20.5.3(a). The SOS email orders violated the B rule. “Criminal Impersonation” was a fabricated criminal charge known only to those who know Colorado’s election rules.
In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court said withholding exculpatory evidence violates the defendant’s right to a fair trial. Does it now look like Judge Barrett, DA Rubinstein, and prosecuting attorney Robert Shapiro have Brady violations coming to them?
Jearell C. Kelley Colorado Springs
Here was a response to Mr. Kelley’s letter:
OP/ED Gazette January 6, 2026
Letters to the Editor
Peters’ mistaken belief
The Colorado Springs Gazette 6 Jan 2026
I grow weary of MAGA party members whining about poor Tina Peters. She continues to erroneously believe that Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2020. She apparently thought that she would be able to prove that by allowing unauthorized access to Mesa County voting machines.
It is difficult to see how fraud would be proven in Mesa County, a county Trump carried by 61%. As a result of her illegal activity she is a convicted felon. She allowed those unauthorized persons to copy the voting machines’ hard drives. The voting machines were decertified and replaced at a cost of about $600,000, borne by Colorado taxpayers.
A recent Gazette correspondent cited Colorado Secretary of State 8 CCR 1505-1-20.5.3(b) as supporting Peters allowing unauthorized access to voting machines. The cited rule prohibits external network connection for voting machines. It does not allow access by unauthorized persons.
Peters’ mistaken belief that Trump won in 2020 is not a defense to her illegal actions.
Joe E. Smith, Colorado Springs