Good morning from Shasta County, CA - a GOP stronghold that voted for Trump in the last election.
Why are we here? Well, Shasta County recently voted to terminate their Dominion Voting Systems contract, the first place in the state to do so… 🧵
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Yesterday the county had an open house/viewing of the 3 state-certified systems (including Dominion). A steady stream of people came by to see the voting machines, including this man. He doesn’t seem to trust any election machines:
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One woman got up to share 2 slides about “money laundering, racketeering, and election fraud.” She pointed to the Arizona State Senate’s recent election hearing and Wendy Rogers and how elections have a “connection to the cartel”
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This Dominion Systems lawsuit against Fox News has come up! Right after lunch break, this man came out for public comment to say that the conspiracies around Dominion are lies and he thinks some people in Shasta are believing it.
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Like other parts of the country I’ve been to in the last few years (AZ, Colorado), there’s a lengthy conversation around hand-counting. The chairman of the board seems to want this. A few people have spoken in favor of this. Others vocalizing concerns about accessibility,…
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Great use of tax payer $$ there. Through conspiracy theories put forth by Foxnews and complicit Republicans, this will cost Shasta County millions that could be used for things like safety, roads, and basic essential services
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