A MAGA County’s Top Election Official Wants to Hire Election Denial Superstar Tina Peters
Shasta County election official Clint Curtis is facing backlash for his plan to hire Tina Peters, a former clerk convicted of election interference. Peters, a prominent figure in election denial circles, would reportedly not have access to voting systems if hired.
Why it matters
The hiring highlights ongoing tensions regarding election integrity and the influence of election denialism within local government administration in the United States.
Days later, Curtis announced plans to hire a new deputy: Tina Peters, the election denial superstar who was convicted of seven counts related to election interference in 2024 and sentenced to nine years in prison.
Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, has yet to publicly comment on the offer, but her lawyer Peter Ticktin tells WIRED she “is giving consideration to helping in the efforts in Shasta County, as there most definitely has been monkey business in the way the election was handled.”
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