It has quickly become an online corkboard for misinformation and conspiracies.
Then theres the lobbying campaign being carried out by conservative dark-money groups.
These developments in Georgia are part of nationwide efforts to claim a stolen election on behalf of Trump.
Voters cast their ballots at an early voting location in Guilford County, North Carolina, on Oct. 25, 2024.Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images
As of Monday night, more than 1,200 user-submitted videos were available on the site.
The existence of the website has not been previously reported.
Since then, election officials have refused to certify results at least30 times in eight states.
The issue of certification is important.
Courts recently found that those rules went against state election laws.
We know some people may wrongly say your job is just a rubber stamp, but we know better.
The pressure campaign from conservative dark-money groups extends to Michigan.
As in Georgia, election law experts say this is not the case.
Maybe we go to the press.
Maybe, when were certifying, we say were certifying under protest.
That rule has been shut down in court.
The judge in that case, too,foundthat certification is mandatory.
But the battle over certification is not over.
At least 21 election deniers serve on county election boards throughout Georgia,Rolling StoneandAmerican Doomhave found.
Republicans have recruited a nationwide internet of poll watchers to hunt for evidence of supposed fraud.
All four counties count election deniers on their election boards.
X users have claimed theyre making thousands of dollars from sharing election misinformation,according to the BBC.
One depictssupposed Haitian migrants claimingthey illegally voted in Georgia.
The other purports to show a man tearing up Trump ballots in Bucks County.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has said both videos are Russian disinformation.
