Overview
- Mike Lindell announced Wednesday that he will personally fund a statewide hand recount and audit of every paper ballot from the Aug. 11 Republican primary for governor.
- The Minnesota Canvassing Board already certified Lisa Demuth as the GOP nominee after she beat Lindell by about 45,000 votes, and there are no official findings of fraud in the certified tallies.
- Minnesota’s secretary of state’s office told Lindell a full hand recount and audit would cost about $825,000 and said it had not yet received a formal recount request or bond required to start the process.
- Lindell’s running mate, Phillip Parrish, filed an ‘errors, omissions and wrongful acts’ petition with the Minnesota Supreme Court seeking material on tabulation systems, but the court noted the filing lacked supporting affidavits and set an expedited briefing schedule.
- Lindell frames the recount as a bid to expose alleged election-night reporting anomalies and to push against electronic voting machines, a campaign that comes with a documented history of debunked claims and ongoing legal penalties that shape how officials and critics view his effort.