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This is from Rolling Stone - rollingstone.com/politi…
These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers
At least 70 pro-Trump conspiracists are election officials in key battleground counties — and they are poised to make a giant mess on Election Day
BY JUSTIN GLAWE JULY 29, 2024
This is from Rolling Stone - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-swing-state-officials-election-deniers-1235069692/
These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers
At least 70 pro-Trump conspiracists are election officials in key battleground counties — and they are poised to make a giant mess on Election Day
BY JUSTIN GLAWE JULY 29, 2024
WHEN ELECTION NIGHT comes in November, it will be up to thousands of local election officials to certify election results in their counties. Among those election officials are scores of Donald Trump supporters who believe his lies and conspiracies about stolen elections — and will be in prime position to act on those beliefs to try to aid his campaign in November.
In the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, Rolling Stone and American Doom identified at least 70 pro-Trump election conspiracists currently working as county election officials who have questioned the validity of elections or delayed or refused to certify results. At least 22 of these county election officials have refused or delayed certification in recent years.
Certification of election results is what legal experts consider a “ministerial task,” and one required by state and local law. But as Trump’s lies about the 2020 election have taken hold, Republicans nationwide have decided that certification provides them an opportunity to hear fraud allegations — and refuse to officially count their local votes. Republicans have refused to certify election results at least 25 times since Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
Hopefully the rest isn't behind a paywall for anyone interested.
BTW, Rolling Stone has some excellent deep-dive political journalists if you're not familiar.
This is not a surprise to me, living in Texas. But the numbers are. It has been clear for some time that they have an alternative strategy to earning votes. I hope democrats have some way to identify and fight this. Thank you, Rolling Stone and Maddow. Doing the job our MSM has vacated…
"American Doom" is doing the investigating? Sounds ominous to me!