Fascists who think 2020's election was stolen are going door-to-door to audit the results

[Nevilledog]

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111577564/some-who-think-2020s-election-was-stolen-are-going-door-to-door-to-audit-the-res


AILSA CHANG, HOST:

Your vote is secret, but the fact that you voted in an election is typically public record. So some people who falsely believe the 2020 election was stolen have tried to audit the results themselves by going door to door in neighborhoods all across the country. As NPR's Miles Parks and Colorado Public Radio's Bente Birkeland report, canvassing is part of a controversial movement to push Americans to uncover widespread fraud that has not been proven in their own communities.

MILES PARKS, BYLINE: Last year, two men came to Michelle Garcia's door.

BENTE BIRKELAND, BYLINE: One had a clipboard and a baseball cap on. The other wore a blue collared shirt and a lanyard.

PARKS: They wanted to know how she cast her ballot. Here's a snippet of their interaction recorded by Garcia's front door camera. You can hear them say they're working to verify the 2020 election results.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: We're doing a voter verification project.

MICHELLE GARCIA: OK.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: We’re working off the city voter list, and we want to just ask a couple questions about the 2020 vote.

GARCIA: OK.

PARKS: Garcia, who lives in Pueblo County, Colo., says the two men asked her all sorts of questions, all pointing back to the baseless idea that the 2020 election was stolen.

GARCIA: His specific questions were, did you vote by mail-in ballot? How many times have you voted? He wanted to know who I voted for, who I supported. How do I know that it wasn't changed? And a lot of it was targeted at the clerk and recorder's office and that it was fraudulent.

*snip*


NPR had an error in their headline so I fixed it.

[HAB911]

1. wish they would come see me

[Nevilledog]

3. Ditto.

[Chin music]

6. Me three.

Really do.

[dalton99a]

2. They should be met with a shotgun.

GARCIA: His specific questions were, did you vote by mail-in ballot? How many times have you voted? He wanted to know who I voted for, who I supported. How do I know that it wasn't changed? And a lot of it was targeted at the clerk and recorder's office and that it was fraudulent.

BIRKELAND: She told them she'd never had any issue with voting and didn't want to discuss her personal voting record.

GARCIA: They were very aggressive. There was no boundaries with their ethics or with civility. They will push until you give an answer.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. If they came to my door while I was home,

they would be met with a very hostile greeting.

[CrispyQ]

5. This sounds like voter intimidation activity.

Are they targeting certain populations with their "voter verification project?"

Where is the DOJ on this?

[BlueIdaho]

7. Get off my F'ing porch - you are trespassing.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

8. lock these people up

for over a year and half they have not been living in reality

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. How do I give them my address?

[Nevilledog]

12. Perfect

[BSdetect]

10. I would feel threatened.

[Nevilledog]

14. That's the intention.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

11. I need to acknowledge the privilege of living in a district that is deepest-blue.

Sounds like voter intimidation to me.

[flying_wahini]

13. They have been in the Houston area for months.

[Nevilledog]

15. What's the reporting been like on it?

[Wounded Bear]

16. NYFYB...

"Who did you vote for in 2020?"

None of
Your
Fucking
Business

And fuck off, you trump loving fascist!