Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters faces 10 criminal charges related to election tampering and official misconduct from events in 2021. Peters is charged with three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, a class 4 felony; one count of identity theft, a class 4 felony; two counts of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, a class 5 felony; and one count of criminal impersonation, a class 6 felony. She also faces misdemeanor charges for first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with requirements of the secretary of state. Peters allegedly formed a plan to disable the security cameras, unlock the doors, and sneak in a former pro surfer named Conan Hayes to tamper with Dominion voting machines in Mesa County, so they could then complain that someone was tampering with voting machines in Mesa County.