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The man at the door said he was just there to verify some publicly available information.
In the home security video, he seems nervous and out of breath as he waits at the doorway, glancing frequently at his phone. Strangers dont knock on doors much in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, a small ski town. For a decade, it had just 250 year-round residents, until the pandemic hit and a bunch of Massachusetts residents decided to cross state lines and turn their rural vacation spot into a home. But the man at the door wasnt one of them. He said his name was Dean and he was with the New Hampshire Voter Integrity Group.
The homeowner knew right away something was up, he said later in an interview. He didnt go to answer the door, but spoke to the man through his Ring camera, pressing him on what exactly the New Hampshire Voter Integrity Group was and who they represented. In the video shared with BuzzFeed News, Dean, haltingly, says they are volunteers. They dont represent anybody but themselves. They are just trying to verify the towns voter rolls. The homeowner keeps pressing, and finally Dean gets to the point: [We] took a look at the election so were a little concerned about what happened, so were, uh, checking.
The homeowner, a Democrat, tells him to go to hell and get off his property. Thatll be a nice trip, thank you, Dean replies cheerfully in the security footage as he turns to leave. Ill see you there.
Around town that Saturday in early October, other people were knocking on doors specific ones, the rare ones where people actually live year-round asking about the 2020 election. They had information on the residents, their names, whether they voted and if they did so in-person or absentee. In response, two Waterville Valley residents called the cops, according to a police report.
Across the country, the pro-Trump conspiracy theory internet is manifesting itself into knocks at the door. Individual election deniers and grassroots groups are canvassing for election fraud in states lost or even won by former president Donald Trump in 2020, including New Hampshire, Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, Utah, and Nebraska. Despite 60-plus court losses and countless official audits and recounts confirming the 2020 election results, many of Trumps supporters are still so convinced of his lies that theyve turned to this kind of vigilantism.
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(94,679 posts)As a Ward Committeeperson in Philadelphia, I got a "Street List" of all registered voters -- with addresses -- every election, and the poll books, indicating the voting status of every voter was available for public inspection.
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(2,466 posts)That attempts to try that on me. I'm literally waiting for them to show up....