Election deniers in Minnesota are training some election judges, MPR [View all]
The email from the head of the Olmsted County Election Integrity group inviting Jim Anderson to an online training session for election judges looked official. Anderson had served as a judge before, and the email seemed like part of the normal process to prepare him for the 2022 election.
But as he joined the Zoom call, it was clear to him there was nothing normal about the training and it definitely was not from Olmsted County, which is in charge of training election judges. They said, well, You know our real president isnt in office, he recalled. Thats about the time I hit end.
Another email from Olmsted County Election Integrity arrived about a week later, this time urging Anderson to rename his smartphone to masquerade as the Wi-Fi network of the polling place where hed be stationed on Election Day.
The goal, it said, was to capture data being sent over that network and expose an imagined security vulnerability.
The emailer also asked him to photograph vote counting machines and various documents and forward it all to the groups leader.....
More fun at:
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/11/04/election-deniers-in-minnesota-are-training-some-election-judges
Dozens of people whove raised doubts about elections to Minnesota County boards over the last year appear on rosters of election judges compiled by APM Reports,
Olmsted County Election Integrity is part of a widespread effort across the country by people who doubt the legitimacy of the 2020 elections and whove pushed hard in this election cycle to recruit and install poll workers who share their beliefs.