A conspiracy-fueled push to count ballots by hand gains traction | Analysis

‘This is totally unnecessary,’ Jonathan Diaz, senior legal counsel with the Campaign Legal Center, said. ‘There is no evidence or reason to suggest that ballot tabulators don’t work’

By: - September 26, 2022 2:26 pm

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Nye County, a rural enclave in Nevada, has positioned itself as the epicenter of a Donald Trump-fueled conspiracy about the security of electronic vote tabulators.

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Kira Lerner
Kira Lerner

Kira was the democracy reporter for States Newsroom where she covered voting, elections, redistricting, and efforts to subvert democracy.

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