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This photo provided by the Mesa County (Colorado) Sheriff's Office shows Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters Wednesday, March 9, 2022. A grand jury in Colorado has indicted Peters, who has sowed doubt about the 2020 presidential election, alleging she was part of a scheme to breach voting system technology that is used across the country. (Mesa County Sheriff's Office via AP)
This booking photo taken Wednesday, March 9, 2022 and provided by the Mesa County, Colo., Sheriff's Office shows Mesa County Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley. A grand jury in Colorado has indicted Knisley and Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who has sowed doubt about the 2020 presidential election, alleging they were part of a scheme to breach voting system technology that is used across the country. (Mesa County Sheriff's Office via AP)
This photo provided by the Mesa County (Colorado) Sheriff's Office shows Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters Wednesday, March 9, 2022. A grand jury in Colorado has indicted Peters, who has sowed doubt about the 2020 presidential election, alleging she was part of a scheme to breach voting system technology that is used across the country. (Mesa County Sheriff's Office via AP)

The city of Grand JUNCTION, Colo. A Colorado county elections clerk who was jailed after being accused of scheming to breach voting system technology that is used across the U.S. made her first court appearance by video Thursday.

Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters did not speak during the brief hearing before District Court Judge MatthewBarrett as she watched from the county jail. Peters was indicted by a grand jury for her part in a scheme to subvert state elections in western Colorado.

Peters was ordered to surrender her passport and not to leave Colorado pending her next court date in May after the judge reduced her bail from $500,000 to $25,000. He told her attorneys that he would consider allowing her to travel to North Carolina to attend the funeral of her father.

Peters wore a yellow jail shirt. The judge ordered her not to have any contact with anyone who was involved in the case.

Peters is running for Colorado secretary of state this year and has called the charges against her politically motivated.

Knisley denied any wrongdoing. Her bail was set at $10,000 and she was ordered to avoid contact with Peters, the elections office and witnesses in the case.

Peters is a Republican who has appeared with supporters of former President Donald Trump who made false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. She is accused of attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation, and first-degree official misconduct.

According to the indictment, Peters and Knisley were involved in a plan to distribute confidential information to unauthorized people.

In Mesa County, a photo and video of confidential voting system passwords were posted on social media and a conservative website.

State officials say a copy of Mesa County's voting system was posted online. The software used by election offices around the country was included in the copy. The unauthorized release provided a practice environment that would allow anyone to look for vulnerabilities that could be used in a future election.

According to the indictment, Peters introduced a person to be a county employee during a visit by state officials in May of 2021. An access card assigned to the person was used to enter a secure area in the election office before the visit.

Federal authorities are looking into it.

Colorado's current secretary of state, Democrat Jena Griswold, persuaded a judge to prohibit Peters from overseeing last year's elections in Mesa County and has asked for a similar injunction for this year's elections.

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