A California County Eyes a New Hire: Tina Peters, the Election Denier

The top elections official in Shasta County offered a job to Ms. Peters, a Trump supporter who was convicted of tampering with voting machines in Colorado.

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A California County Eyes a New Hire: Tina Peters, the Election Denier

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NYT Published 18 August 2026

A California County Eyes a New Hire: Tina Peters, the Election Denier

Guardian Published 18 August 2026

Election denier Tina Peters to be hired as elections consultant in conservative California county

Shasta county, hotbed of US election denialism movement, set to appoint ex-Colorado clerk who served prison term A northern California county that has become a hotbed of activism for those who sow doubts about the reliability of voting machines plans to hire Tina Peters, the prominent Colorado election denier recently released from prison, to work on elections. Clint Curtis , the top election official in Shasta coun…

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