Once again, the Utah County Commission is discussing the topic of "election integrity" and taking public comments from election conspiracy enthusiasts.
It's a lot of the same people who show up every time to yell about non-existent election fraud #utpol
One woman just said she could not believe that nearly "every patriotic America First candidate" lost in the primary election.
Once again, for the people in the back: GOP primary voters are MUCH MORE MODERATE than candidates favored by the convention crowd #utpol
Oh dear, a woman just said Commissioner Bill Lee should have had a sheriff accompany him to get election records he requested.
The sheriff suggestion is the latest front in the "Stop the Steal" fight.
Followers of the "Constitutional Sheriff" movement (wrongly) believe sheriffs are the highest law enforcement authority in the country who can decide which federal laws they want to follow #utpol
The next speaker says Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson are trying to "make Utah a third-world country" #utpol
The next speaker says Spencer Cox should be more like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who she calls "the governor of this nation because he is doing what the people want."
"Governor of the nation" is missing from my copy of the Constitution #utpol
This hearing is a concrete example of how former President Donald Trump's lies about a stolen election have poisoned the minds of so many people.
Utah County: Gateway to the John Birch Society #utpol
The next commenter says it's "very unfair" that commissioner Bill Lee should step down if there are discrepancies with the vote (there aren't).
"That wouldn't be fair to the people who voted for you," she says.
The commission is going to develop a RFP for auditing and statistical firms to do a "statistical review" of the 2022 primary election.
Seems odd that the commission is going through all of this trouble for a primary election that one of their members lost #utpol
The commission has spent hours dealing with the "stop the steal" crowd this year.
A not-insignificant amount of public resources have been dedicated to what amounts to a fishing expedition to satisfy a vocal minority of election fraud cranks #utpol
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Election conspiracy cranks "Two Red Pills" are doing an interview with a local right-wing podcast.
Let's see what falsehoods and fabrications they come up with today!
Jen Orten and Sophie Anderson are talking about how they've been invited to an event with "True the Vote," which is the people who helped Dinesh D'Souza with his garbage "documentary" 2000 Mules.
Buttigieg-a-palooza (TM) has moved from the Capitol to a Unified Fire Station in Emigration Canyon as we prepare for a roundtable discussion with Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson and others about firefighting efforts and improving transportation infrastructure #utpol
SLCO Mayor Jenny Wilson and Secretary Pete Buttigieg join several other people for the roundtable discussion.
"This is an important time for our nation, and it's an important time for our county," Wilson says to start #utpol
Wilson recounting 2020 with the start of the COVID pandemic followed by the Salt Lake earthquake and the BLM protests in Salt Lake City and the massive windstorm.
I'm sure this will tie into transportation issues, but it's a long way to get to the point #utpol
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in town to announce a new $7.3 billion program to help states and communities prepare for and respond to extreme weather events #utpol
The funding is available to states over five years to make transportation infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather and natural disasters.
The funds can be used on highway and transit projects, port facilities and improving evacuation routes #utpol
Gov. Cox is up first.
He praises the program noting that "many of our communities are up against the mountains, making them vulnerable to wildfires" #utpol
1/ Nomi Health, Domo and Qualtrics leveraged their connections to then-Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and other Republican leaders to secure millions of dollars in no-bid contracts during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic response #utpol
2/ Billings and his supporters point to a post-recount audit where the county randomly selected just under 3% of the ballots to see if they matched up with the machine count.
The votes in that random sample favored Billings 61-39% #utpol
1/ This @USATODAY investigation of Nomi Health is damning.
The company, with zero public health experience, leveraged relationships with GOP officials in five states into a $219 million payday during the COVID pandemic #utpol