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Mesa County district attorney on election fraud case against county clerk

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A ballot drop box outside the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder’s offices in Grand Junction on Thursday, August 26, 2021.

Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubenstein is at the epicenter of the election fraud case in his county. Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters allegedly brought an unauthorized person into an update of voting machines. Secure passwords and hard drives were published online. Mesa County’s D. sat down with CPR's Bente Birkeland to discuss the latest with the case and what might come next.