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‘Mischief and problems’: rightwing activists ramp up drive to hand-count ballots
(www.theguardian.com)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Cook is one of several quasi-disciples of Mike Lindell and other big-name election influencers who have been spreading the hand-count gospel around the country since 2020, when Donald Trump began claiming without evidence that ballot tabulating machines were rigged against him.
These attempts have proven what election experts have long understood: ditching machines and exclusively hand-counting ballots is time-consuming, expensive and more prone to human error.
This seemingly grassroots effort has sometimes been backed by outside funding and promises of financial support, some from Lindell and others from unknown sources, according to public records and statements reviewed by The Guardian and Votebeat.
Inside Pollack Cinemas in Tempe, roadshow attendees munched on popcorn and sipped sodas as Cook told them about a story he heard from a Texas poll worker.
He tried to rally the troops at a summit in Missouri last August, where he detailed “the plan”, his step-by-step guide for grassroots groups and activists to convince their local elected officials to ditch machines.
Lindell held the 2021 cyber symposium in South Dakota, where activists are now working on gathering petition signatures to put the idea of getting rid of voting machines before voters in two dozen counties.
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