New Mesa County elections official says he hasn't heard from Clerk Tina Peters

Wayne Williams, the former Colorado secretary of state who’s newly in charge of Mesa County elections, said he hasn’t heard from Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters since the news broke that her office was under investigation.

Williams said he hadn’t tried to reach Peters.

“My focus is on trying to make the election work,” he told Newsline on Tuesday. “I know the commissioners have made pleas to her to come in and start (running) the recording and motor vehicles side, but my focus is to run an election. That’s what I’m charged to do, and that’s what I’m going to do.”

Williams, a Republican, is currently serving in a nonpartisan role on Colorado Springs City Council in addition to supervising Mesa County’s November election.

Peters hasn’t been seen in Mesa County since Secretary of State Jena Griswold — Williams’ Democratic successor — announced Aug. 9 that she was investigating a “serious breach” of election security protocols at Peters’ office. A few days later, Griswold accused Peters of allowing an unauthorized individual to attend a May software upgrade, known as a “trusted build,” for Dominion Voting Systems machines.

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