A federal magistrate judge has rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk to be released from prison while she appeals her state conviction for orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters seeks a pardon from President Donald Trump after her request to be released via a writ of habeas corpus was denied.

“The DOJ is trying to collect a lot of data on American voters, and they do not have a legal right to the sensitive information they're asking for, and we don't trust what they're trying to do with it,” said Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold in an interview with CPR News.

Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, convicted in a pro-Trump election denial scheme, has been attacked three times in prison, according to her lawyer.

Colorado will not comply with the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to share certain voter information, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said on Wednesday. Federal authorities have sought voter data from more than two dozen states,

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked Colorado to share unredacted voter information, according to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, and the state “will not comply.”

By Linda Templin A massive number of Americans (85% according to the Pew Trust) want total or major election reform. They want a more responsive government, not shutdowns and spectacles of abuse. This is no time for self-interested tinkering around the edges.

This is the first in a two-part series looking at candidates in advance of 2026 elections. Where candidates provided a website to the secretary of state’s Tracer or