Updated
Updated · NBC News · Aug 19
Mike Lindell Plans $825,000 Minnesota GOP Recount After 11-Point Loss
Updated
Updated · NBC News · Aug 19

Mike Lindell Plans $825,000 Minnesota GOP Recount After 11-Point Loss

3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Aug 19

Summary

  • Minnesota election officials told Mike Lindell a full hand recount and audit of the Aug. 11 GOP gubernatorial primary would cost about $825,000, and he said total spending could top $1 million.
  • Monday is the deadline to submit a formal recount request with a bond, cash or surety; the secretary of state's office said it had not yet received one as of Wednesday.
  • Lindell said he has hired his own investigative team and wants county-by-county recount locations confirmed so he can place observers, after alleging unspecified irregularities tied to electronic voting machines.
  • The recount push extends Lindell's broader campaign against voting systems even as he remains under court pressure in the Smartmatic defamation case, where unpaid sanctions and a $500 daily fine continue to mount.

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Will Minnesota's first statewide recount since 2010 expose hidden system flaws or just cost a fortune?
Could a candidate's massive $825,000 recount request rewrite the rules for how future elections are finalized?