LANSING, Mich. — Trump loyalists are expected to cement their takeover of Michigan’s Republican Party during its leadership vote on Saturday, most likely elevating one of two election deniers whose failed bids for office in November were emblematic of the party’s midterm drubbing in the state. Matthew DePerno, an election …
Read More »Driven by Election Deniers, This County Recounted 2020 Votes Last Week
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — On the 797th day after the defeat of former President Donald J. Trump, a rural Pennsylvania county on Monday began a recount of ballots from Election Day 2020. Under pressure from conspiracy theorists and election deniers, 28 employees of Lycoming County counted — by hand — nearly …
Read More »Voters Reject Election Deniers Running to Take Over Elections
He quickly cobbled together the “America First” slate, including candidates from states like Michigan, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. They began touring nationally, holding forums promoting election conspiracy theories, occasionally with leading members of the QAnon movement. Suddenly, secretary of state races became premier attractions, elevating once sleepy, bureaucratic down-ballot …
Read More »See Which 2020 Election Deniers and Skeptics Won in the Midterm Elections
Senate House Governor Attorney General Secretary of State More than 210 Republicans who questioned the 2020 election have won seats in the U.S. House and Senate and in state races for governor, secretary of state and attorney general, according to results as of 12 p.m. on Wednesday. More than 30 …
Read More »Republican Trump Army of Election Deniers Are Training Thousands of Poll Observers
We learned for the first time on Thursday that Trump election deniers are training thousands of poll “observers” around the country, many of whom have been recruited by “prominent” Republican Party figures. ‘Stop the steal’ supporters train thousands of U.S. poll observers, Reuters reported Thursday. “Reutersdocumented multiple incidents of intimidation …
Read More »In 4 Swing States, G.O.P. Election Deniers Could Oversee Voting
PHOENIX — With Tuesday’s primary victories in Arizona and Michigan added to those in Nevada and Pennsylvania, Republicans who have disputed the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and who could affect the outcome of the next one are on a path toward winning decisive control over how elections are …
Read More »2020 Election Deniers Seek Out Powerful Allies: County Sheriffs
LAS VEGAS — An influential network of conservative activists fixated on the idea that former President Donald J. Trump won the 2020 election is working to recruit county sheriffs to investigate elections based on the false notion that voter fraud is widespread. The push, which two right-wing sheriffs’ groups have …
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