The former Mesa County employee is awaiting sentencing in Grand Junction

MESA COUNTY, Colo. — On Thursday, former Mesa County Clerk of Court Tina Peters will learn whether she will go to prison after being convicted of multiple felonies in an election computer violation case.

Peters has said she is innocent, a claim she has repeated even after a jury convicted her on seven of 10 counts in August. She demonstrated her ankle monitor on her podcast.

The jury found Peters guilty on the following charges:

• Three counts of attempting to influence a public official
• One count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation
• One count of official misconduct
• One count of dereliction of duty
• One count of failure to comply with the requirements of the Secretary of State

Peters faces up to 20 years in prison, but that doesn't mean she will spend much longer there.

Prosecutors said she gave conspiracy theorists illegal access to voting systems in Mesa County as she searched for evidence of voter fraud. Peters has falsely claimed that Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems rigged the election against former President Donald Trump.

Trump allies like MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, one of the country's most prominent election conspiracy theorists, have helped fund her legal defense. Peters claimed online that her conviction was part of a conspiracy to cover up election manipulation.

9NEWS Legal Expert Scott Robinson noted that there is no mandatory minimum sentence in Peters' case. While some of the crimes she was convicted of have the potential to see her serve more than a decade in prison, the judge could also impose a far more lenient sentence.

The judge can impose anything from a suspended sentence alone, to a suspended sentence with a county jail sentence as a condition of probation, to a prison sentence for a felony.

Sentencing is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Mesa County. 9NEWS will stream the hearing live in the video player above and on the free 9NEWS+ app on Roku and Fire TV.