Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was released from prison in Colorado on Monday, after Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) commuted her sentence due to concerns it violated free speech rights.

Peters was convicted in 2024 on charges of election interference in the 2020 election and sentenced to nine years in prison. Polis commuted her sentence last month, arguing it reflected the Colorado Court of Appeals’ recent ruling that Peters should be resentenced, as her original sentencing was “based in part on improper consideration of the exercise of her right to free speech.”