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Lindell calls for self-funded recount after 11-point loss in Minnesota governor’s primary
Lindell says the privately funded review will use observers and full paper-ballot counts, while officials have not verified his irregularity claims.
- On Wednesday, former MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell announced he will personally pay for a statewide hand recount and audit of all paper ballots from the August 11 Minnesota Republican primary for governor.
- Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth defeated Lindell by roughly 11 percent, or about 45,000 votes; Lindell claims he identified "anomalies" in electronic reporting data, including "vote totals that moved backwards."
- State law permits candidates to request a full hand count within five days of the canvass, though the margin falls far outside the 0.25% threshold required for automatic state-funded recounts.
- Lindell stated the recount serves as a "gateway" to remove electronic voting machines, which he alleges are easily hacked, despite state officials reporting no irregularities in the election process.
- The effort follows Lindell's history of promoting unproven claims about the 2020 election, and he faces a pending defamation suit where a jury may decide whether to award Smartmatic $1.5 billion in damages.
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Mike Lindell funding recount after Minnesota governor primary loss
Former Republican candidate Mike Lindell is funding a recount of Minnesota‘s gubernatorial primary results after he lost the election to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth last week. Lindell is known as the MyPillow founder who was endorsed by President Donald Trump ahead of the GOP primary earlier this month. He ended up losing the race by over 11 points to rival Demuth, who will seek to flip the governor’s mansion red as she faces off against Sen…
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