{
  "id": 1569935,
  "title": "Election denier Tina Peters to be hired as elections consultant in conservative California county",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/election-denier-tina-peters-to-be-hired-as-elections-consultant-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T21:07:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/election-denier-tina-peters-shasta-county"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Shasta county, hotbed of US election denialism movement, set to appoint ex-Colorado clerk who served prison term A northern California county that has become a hotbed of activism for those who sow doubts about the reliability of voting machines plans to hire Tina Peters, the prominent Colorado election denier recently released from prison, to work on elections. Clint Curtis , the top election…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}