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Mesa County Election Security Breach

The security breach in Mesa County's election system, involving the copying and distribution of election-system hard drive images.

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Jan 20, 2026

What legal standards govern access to voting machine 'trusted builds' and how did Mesa County procedures compare?

Federal and state certification regimes require that voting systems be tested, documented, and maintained with verifiable software versions and audit artifacts; routine maintenance procedures such as ...

Jan 5, 2026

What specific exhibits and testimony were entered into evidence at Tina Peters' 2024 trial?

The trial record in former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ 2024 criminal case centered on a suite of digital exhibits — hard‑drive images, recordings and message screenshots — and on a string of former...