Former President Trump's stolen election lie has election officials drowning in paperwork.
Election workers sort and inspect mail-in ballot before they're counted in the general election in Harrisburg, Pa., on Nov. 3, 2020.Former President Donald Trump's stolen election lie has election officials drowning in paperwork.
has surged in the last year despite overwhelming evidence that U.S. elections are fair and free. Of those states, Biden won all but Florida in his path to victory over Trump. All but one of the officials interviewed for this article said the time-consuming requests are stretching their limited resources and that they take up a significant amount of time.
Roebuck, an elected Republican, said he has shifted staff responsibilities around from other parts of his office to absorb the added workload but that he expects the office will have to start refusing some requests soon so it can prioritize the next election. records requests, such as inquiries about whether the county’s election machines connect to the internet. The inquiries account for about 25 percent of his workload, he said.
“So they don’t usually like the response,” he said. “We’ve had a ton more appeals than we have previously, which is also taxing.”found even more votes for Biden and no fraud, the secretary of state's office says the surge of requests is a significant strain.
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