Our Mission to Prepare the Country for Hand Counting

Exposing “Their” Narrative

“Their” narrative is meant to alter your perspective of truth by changing how you speak and what you believe. Do you catch yourself using certain words so you are politically correct? “They” rely on division, deception, diversion, and discouragement.

You must be able to identify and expose “their” narratives. Test yourself with these 3 common election narratives “they” have been using:

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THE  MISSION

“Their” Election Narratives

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U.S. Capitol January 6, 2021

January 6, 2021

This date has become known as J6. But what is the name of the event that took place that day?

Stop the Steal Rally

“They“ call it capitol riots or insurrection to make it about CHAOS, not voter distrust. People gathered to demand answers about an election.

“Their” Narrative?

DEFLECT THE TRUTH

election fraud headlines

Election Results

What is the term for a candidate who does not concede an election?

Depends Who It Is

If you are Stacey Abrams, “they” call it “lack of concession.” If you are Donald Trump or his supporters, you are “Election Deniers.” You don’t want to be called a denier, do you?

“Their” Narrative?

SELF-CENSORSHIP

election day ballot counting

Machines vs. People

Are computerized voting machines necessary because people cheated when hand counting?

Who Cheats?

The same types of people who cheat(ed) when ballots are hand counted (think govts, NGOs, crooks) are the same who do or will cheat when voting machines are used.

“Their” Narrative?

DIVISION

hand count sign outside Colorado courthouse

Mission: Preparing the Country for Hand Counting

The hand count method, including the guide (eManual), forms, training materials, and resources, is available at no cost on this website. With the 2020 election fraud now being exposed, we must change the narrative and make sure people know that hand counting is not only possible — hand counting is easy!

Defeat “Their” Narrative and Save Our Republic!

“They” have spent decades convincing people that hand counting cannot be done, that people are not capable, and will cheat. Reckoning day is coming but millions will still be swayed by “their” narrative — that we can’t count ballots without machines because people can’t be trusted.

We can defeat “their” narrative with TRUTH: In 2022, in response to Mike Lindell’s call to “get rid of machines,” Linda Rantz produced a complete hand count method. Since then, it has been used in an official election (100% accuracy) and taught to thousands around the U.S.

Fastest way to learn: Use our tools to teach yourself!

“The HAND COUNT MISSION is to have the country prepared to return to hand counting. We are at a pivotal moment for election security in our country. I have faith that the stolen election of 2020 will be fully exposed and there will be equal justice.”

~ Linda Rantz, Author, Return to Hand Counting

Equal Justice Under Law on Supreme Court Building

Preparing the Country for Hand Counting. Tell others that Hand Counting is Easy!

Mike Was Right!

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Voting Machines Timeline

How Did We (or the Machines) Get Here?

The timeline that follows provides resources to help understand how the United States got to where we are today with voting machines. It highlights the work of others who have researched, studied, and warned us for nearly a half century about the risks of computerized voting machines counting our ballots.

Were the people “maneuvered” into believing that voting machines were necessary for “trustworthy” elections? Did the machines give us “trustworthy” elections? The Collier brothers’ book, Votescam, calls it the “electronic hoodwink.”

Mike Lindell is not only one of the most prominent voices exposing election fraud, but he has also created platforms that have given others the ability to share the truth.

Bypass historical details and start at the 2020 Stolen Election, the ‘MyPillow Guy,’
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Mike Lindell

~80 Years Ago

“A Republic, If You Can Keep It”

Election day in 1942 Dunklin County Missouri

Rothstein, Arthur, photographer. Dunklin County, Missouri. Voting in the primary election at the county courthouse. Missouri United States Dunklin County, 1942. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017835137/

How Long Does It Take to Conquer a Republic?

The quote, “a Republic, if you can keep it” is attributed to Benjamin Franklin. July 4, 1776 was the birth of the United States of America. The battle every year since and every year ahead is to defend the Republic.

You’re supposed to believe that people in their own communities managing the polls on election day, INCLUDING counting the ballots, is old-fashioned and can’t be done today. Wrong. Compare the 1942 and 2023 photo of hand counters in Missouri. Humans could count ballots in 1942, and they can do it today.

Osage County hand count team

Hand Count team, Osage County, Missouri, April 4, 2023

In 1946, WWII GI’s who had recently returned home to Athens, Tennessee, were furious to find that, while they were overseas fighting a war, corrupt politicians were stealing elections. True Patriots, they protected their community from these domestic enemies, recovered the ballot boxes, and did an honest count of the election results.

Some people cheat — but others expose the cheat.

Moving from paper ballots, hand counted, to electronic voting machines was meant to make it difficult-to-impossible to expose election fraud.

Over time, “their” narrative that humans are incapable of hand counting ballots without cheating has been all about convincing the People that there is no way we can return to hand counting. THEY’RE WRONG — WE CAN!

1942

~40 Years Ago

The Battle for Our Republic Never Ends

Nov 10, 1987 election day at Firehouse, Lowell, MA

DeNatale, Douglas, Michael Edward Bell, and John Lueders-Booth. Election Day, Lowell, Massachusetts; Fire department, Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell United States Massachusetts, 1987. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_jb_300/

Investigating the “Electronic Hoodwink”

In 1988, James and Kenneth Collier were nearly 20 years into their investigation of election fraud in Miami-Dade, and elections in general. Their book, Votescam: The Stealing of America would be published in 1992. They referred to computer voting machines as an “electronic hoodwink.”

Book Cover - VoteScam
“It was not ‘the People’ of the United States of America who did ‘the speaking’ on that election day, although most of them believed it was, and still believe so.
The computers that spoke in November 1988 held in their inner workings small boxes that contained secret codes that only the sellers of the computers could read. The programs, or ‘source codes,’ were regarded as ‘trade secrets.’

The sellers of the vote-counting software zealously guarded their programs from the public, from election officials, from everyone — on the dubious grounds that competitors could steal their ideas if the source codes were open to inspection.”

Votescam excerpt, Chapter 1, “Electronic Hoodwink

While “they” want us to believe that the people cheating in elections are members of our community working at the polling places, the truth is that “they” are the cheaters. Votescam revealed the fraud and named names: politicians, SCOTUS judges, news moguls, elections industry, prosecutors, and others who should be protecting elections. A 1996 interview with James Collier even calls out the League of Women Voters.

1988

~30 Years Ago

Pandora’s Black Box

Pandora's Black Box voting machine

Sounding the Alarm About Voting Machines

Published in 1996, Pandora’s Black Box by Dr. Phil O’Halloran raised the alarm about voting machines: Did It Really Count Your Vote?”

“Think about it… every precinct in every county in every state using the same computers and counting systems leaving absolutely no trail to check the accuracy or honesty of the results. How easily, then, it would be for the programmers — from a single source — to ensure that the outcomes of all elections would favor those who are ‘approved’ by the proponents of World Government.”

Jackie Patru, Intro to Pandora’s Black Box

“Their” narrative was already silencing warnings about voting machines from the Collier brothers,  Dr. O’Halloran, and others. Without social media or the internet, it was nearly impossible to break through the censorship.

“They” were getting closer to convincing Americans that a computerized voting system was absolutely necessary, and the only way ballots can be counted.

“To install computerized voting across the nation would cost billions. By comparison, a return to paper ballots dropped into boxes … would amount to peanuts. How Simple.”

Jackie Patru, Intro to Pandora’s Black Box

“They” would need a catalyst event to bypass the will of the People and, in retrospect, it seems it was just four short years away.

1996

~25 Years Ago

Nov. 7: Bush v Gore and Hanging Chads

Punch card ballot marking system

What Could Convince the Entire Country to Switch to Computerized Voting Machines?

For those who lived through it, or those who study elections, the 2000 Presidential election will always be known for “hanging chads and butterfly ballots.” The national controversy of who won the presidency hinged on a ballot punching system in Florida, and was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.

But the chaos prompted calls for election reform, and leading democrats pushed new legislation that included voting machines.

“U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has promised to … allocate funding to the states for this project at the turn of the year (2001). In return for the federal ‘gifts’ the recipients would have to … use the system recommended by the gift-bearers.”

Jackie Patru, Intro to Pandora’s Black Box

In response, in 2002 Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), allocating over $3 billion to upgrade voting equipment. Many conservative voices, however, have long criticized this shift.

Whether planned or accidental, was the Florida hanging chads debacle the catalyst needed to push the country to adopting voting machines?

Democrats Deny Election Results

Election Deniers?

It wasn’t just the hanging chads of the Bush v Gore election decision, Democrats were crying foul about elections for years. This video covers their complaints for elections from 2000 to 2022, including the Stacey Abrams Gubernatorial election loss in 2018 that resulted in a ‘lack of concession.’

Skip ahead to Democrat Deniers – Take Two

2000

~22 Years Ago

Black Box Voting

Many maintain that voting machines were not meant to secure elections, and the warnings about voting machines continued:

“What do you do when you find 40,000 secret voting machine files on the Web? What if you knew that the devil went down to Georgia on November 5, 2002 and, in a stunning upset, tipped control of the U.S. Senate — and then you saw a folder called “rob-georgia,” looked inside and found instructions to replace Georgia’s computerized voting files right before the election?”

Excerpt of Salon.com review of Black Box Voting

In 2003, Bev Harris, who found those files, published Black Box Voting. The files Harris discovered have been studied by computer scientists around the world, and the book has been downloaded half a million times.

In 2006, Bev Harris discussed her findings with Lou Dobbs on CNN. Her findings still stand today and more information is available on the Black Box Voting 2.0 website.

2003

~21 Years Ago

Clint Curtis: Computer Programmer & Whistleblower

Congress Hears Testimony from the Programmer Who Wrote the 51-49 Algorithm

Clint Curtis, Democrat Whistleblower, went before the U.S. Congress in 2004 to Expose the truth about how he created the 51-49 machine algorithm on behalf of a Republican Congressman. The algorithm could flip votes to make the final results 51% to 49% for the selected candidate – completely undetected! Curtis thought it was being created to prove the possibility of fraud so that security measures could be put in place. Instead, he recalls how he watched election results on the evening news and recognized that his algorithm was being used in the election.

Interviewed by Mike Lindell in 2022 at The Moment of Truth Summit, Curtis explains the stunning YouTube video of his 2004 testimony.

“Who’s going to be stupid enough to use a machine where you don’t see the source code and it’s gonna tell you who won?”

Clint Curtis, Computer Programmer & Whistleblower

Recall that the Collier Brothers spoke about source codes in Votescam.

Jump back to Votescam to take a look
2004

~7 Years Ago

Democrats Say Easy to Hack Voting Machines

Election Deniers, Take Two

Again, prior to the 2000 election, Democrats say it’s  Easy to Hack voting machines.

“Both sides seem to agree that no votes were changed in the 2016 election, and I said, the experts I talked to say that, until you have a forensic analysis of a vote, until you go in there and scrub the whole system, you can’t really say that.”

~ Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR

WHEN did Democrats stop denying election results? WHY did they stop complaining about voting machines? Did Republicans ever speak about election fraud any time prior to 2000?

Jump back to Democrat Election Deniers – Take One

2018

~6 Years Ago

Warren and Klobuchar Report on Election Tech Vulnerabilities and Shortcomings

Capitol office of Senator Elizabeth Warren

Scathing Report by Top Democrats about “Machine” companies

“Election security experts have noted for years that our nation’s election systems and infrastructure are under serious threat, but voting machines reportedly continue to fail and breakdown across the country, as vendors fail to innovate, improve, and protect voting systems, putting U.S. elections at avoidable and increased risk.”

~ Warren, Klobuchar, et al. Oversight Report

A PDF of the report is available, Warren, Klobuchar Investigate Vulnerabilities and Shortcomings of Election Tech Industry, and it states, in part:

“The three vendors — Election Systems & Software, Dominion Voting Systems, and Hart InterCivic — collectively distribute voting machines and software that facilitate voting for over 90% of all eligible voters in the United States. Private equity firms reportedly own or control each of these vendors, which ‘have long skimped on security in favor of convenience,’ leaving voting systems across the country ‘prone to security problems.’”

~ Warren, Klobuchar, et al. Oversight Report

With so much insight into the risk of voting machines, it would be interesting to search for any comments on the topic by Kamala Harris during her run for president. Certainly, she would be interested in ensuring a fair election.

2019

~5 Years Ago

Nov. 3: The Stolen Election

adults and children with stop the steal signs

Election Fraud of 2020

Prior to 2020, these are the highest votes cast for a presidential candidate:

  • 69 million – Obama, 2008
  • 66 million – Obama, 2012
  • 66 million – Clinton, 2016
  • 63 million – Trump, 2016

77 Million Votes for Trump

In the 2020 election, the incumbent, Donald J. Trump, received 77 million votes — exceeding his 2016 win by 14 million votes, and Obama’s 2008 win by 8 million votes!

81 Million Votes for Biden?

Yet somehow, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election by Fox News with a whopping total of over 81 million votes. That’s between 12 to 18 million MORE votes than Obama, Clinton, or Trump in the previous elections.

Comparison of Obama, Trump, and Biden vote totals

Source: X Post on 7/5/2025 by Planet of Memes, compares Obama 2016 votes with Biden and Trump 2020 vote totals. x.com/PlanetOfMemes/status/1941540989749035099

How did a candidate who campaigned from his basement, won only 15% of all counties, only 1 of 19 bellwether counties, lost critical swing states, and lost House seats, able to  outperform even Obama and Clinton? How did he get more votes than ever cast for a presidential candidate?

Immediately, suspicions grew focused on voter rolls, voting machines, and how ballots were handled at polling places. This was fueled by videos of election watchers and judges being blocked from polling places and counting locations. 

Statistic: Number of registered voters in the United States from 1996 to 2022 (in millions) | Statista
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In the 2 years preceding 2020, 15 million voters would be added to the voter rolls. This appears to match a trend to prior presidential elections. One of the first efforts by grassroots activists will be to canvass voter rolls in their states.

Over the coming years, evidence will be collected, but suppressed. Many will suffer, but there will be a day when equal justice is served and the fraud of 2020 will be exposed!

Nov. 19: CISA — “Most Secure Election” in U.S. History

CISA claim that 2020 is most secure election in history

Can Anyone Determine, in Just 16 Days, that an Election was the “Most Secure” in History?

A mere 16 days after the 2020 election — while several states were still counting ballots — CISA published a report that the 2020 election was the most secure in U.S. history.

This report from CISA, over the coming years, will be quoted by media, time and time again to discredit any evidence or claims to the contrary. This is a classic tactic to set an early narrative that silences all critics.

However, on June 3, 2022, almost 19 months after the “most secure election” claim, CISA will publish an advisory noting 9 critical vulnerabilities in certain Dominion voting systems. Apparently, it takes more than 16 days to determine if an election was the most secure.

Jump ahead to CISA’s Advisory on Dominion Vulnerabilities

2020

~4 Years Ago

Jan. 6: Stop the Steal Rally

Jan 6, 2021 Stop the Steal Rally in DC

When the People Distrust the Election Results

The people are not supposed to question election results. “They” give you every reason NOT to voice election concerns or objections: publicly mocking you, labeling you a conspiracy theorists, de-platforming you on social media, ruining your reputations, etc.

But January 6th brought a new level of harassment against citizens — arrests and imprisonment without due process, financial and family ruin. Do “they” want to teach the rest of us a lesson that we should keep quiet and avoid public rallies or comments?

The coming exposure of election fraud and the equal justice for those involved, must also include the appropriate justice of those who perpetrated these crimes against innocent Americans.

Let My People Go

Despite “their” attempt to frame January 6th as an insurrection or capitol riot, the truth is that it was the People expressing their distrust of the 2020 election results. The U.S. Capitol — the People’s House — was the place to make their voices heard by their elected representatives.

In his 2023 documentary, Let My People Go, David Clements explains how our elections are rigged, and how that brought the People to the Stop the Steal Rally on January 6th.

Jan. 7 & 8: The Attack on Free Speech

Mike Lindell on a cell phone at the White House

From 2021 and continuously even into 2025, Mike Lindell has called attention to two critical dates that followed the 2020 election: January 7th and 8th, 2021. These days were the beginning of the cancellation and censorship of conservative voices by Big Tech.

Social Media Account Lockouts

Beginning late on January 6th, using ‘Stop the Steal Rally’ messaging as the perceived violations, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and other social media platforms began removing videos or blocking posts from President Donald Trump. On January 7th, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced an indefinite suspension of Trump’s accounts. Twitter had warned the President that further “violations” could lead to permanent suspension of his account, which did occur on January 8th.

Other patriot and conservative accounts on these platforms, including Mike Lindell and MyPillow, reported being suspended, cancelled, throttled, or locked out of their accounts.

Parler Shutdown

A platform popular with conservatives, Parler was suspended from Google’s Play Store on January 8th. Apple followed on January 9th, and on January 10th, Amazon Web Services (AWS) terminated Parler’s hosting services, effectively taking the platform offline.

“They tried to silence our voices.”

~ Mike Lindell

Jan. 15: “They” Did Not Anticipate the MyPillow Guy

Mike Lindell on a cell phone at the White House

This image will come to be known as the infamous White House picture.

Deviations

Mike Lindell has said it was the deviations in the 2020 election results that first caught his attention. Then he was given evidence that he could not ignore.

“They” didn’t anticipate Mike Lindell, because they don’t understand Mike’s loyalty and tenacity. Reading Mike’s book would explain the odds of the actions Mike would take to expose the fraud of the 2020 election.

Mike Lindell has been the driving force in election security since Jan 2021. His public actions are well-documented, and often disparaged, by the media. But it has been the ‘not-reported’ efforts by Mike to empower and support the grassroots that has had the most significant impact on fighting the narrative that 2020 was the “most secure election” in U.S. history.

Hundreds of thousands of activists were themselves gathering evidence of election fraud and calling for justice. Mike used his time and financial treasure to build platforms to amplify their voices and share their evidence.

No one has kept the momentum of the movement to secure our elections going forward like Mike Lindell.

Feb. 5: Mike Lindell’s Absolute Proof

Exposing Election Fraud

Absolute Proof is the first of the three movies by Mike Lindell exposing election fraud.

In 2025, the FBI will announce proof of interference by China in the 2020 election. Absolute Proof, released in 2021 was already showing evidence of election crimes by China and other countries.

So much for “their” narrative that Absolute Proof was just conspiracy theories!

Sequels to Absolute Proof are Scientific Proof and Absolute Interference.

Mar. 31: Mike Lindell’s Scientific Proof

2020 Election Was Biggest Cyber-Crime in World History

Scientific Proof, the sequel to Absolute Proof, introduces us to Dr. Doug Frank, an internationally renowned physicist. Dr. Frank walks Mike Lindell explains his data and shows voting trends that “just ain’t natural.”

The sequel to Scientific Proof is Absolute Interference.

Apr. 20: Mike Lindell’s Absolute Interference

New Evidence that Foreign & Domestic Enemies Used Computers to Hack the 2020 Election

Absolute Interference builds on the evidence presented in Absolute Proof and Scientific Proof of cyber-crimes and fraud in the 2020 election. Absolute Interference looks at evidence that enemies, foreign and domestic used computers to hack the 2020 election.

In 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel will send evidence to the Senate Judiciary Committee of an alleged plot by China to smuggle fake driver’s into the U.S. for the purpose of having fake ballots cast that favored Joe Biden.

May 10: The Launch of FrankSpeech

Lindell Provides “The Voice of Free Speech” to De-platformed Patriots

Almost immediately after the Nov. 2020 election, social media platforms began cancelling accounts of some of the biggest conservative voices, including Mike Lindell. So, Lindell created a broadcast network, FrankSpeech, to give influencers and grassroots alike, a free platform for their podcasts, videos, reports, or other election evidence.

FrankSpeech was launched on May 10, 2021, at a rousing launch party at the World-Famous Corn Palace in South Dakota with legendary Joe Piscopo (@JrzyJoePiscopo) entertaining the crowd. Lindell spoke and urged those in attendance and those watching online to use FrankSpeech to break through the censorship and get the message out about the 2020 stolen election.

About a year later, in April 2022, (the same month that Elon Musk will purchase Twitter), Mike Lindell will launch FrankSocial, a social media platform to counter the censorship conservatives continued to experience from sites like Facebook and Twitter.

In Sept. 2024, FrankSocial will be rebranded as VOCL, and FrankSpeech will be rebranded as Lindell-TV in Feb. 2025.

Aug. 10-12: Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium

Exposing the Risks of Electronic Voting

From August 10-12, 2021, Mike Lindell hosted the Cyber Symposium in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to investigate claims of 2020 election fraud.

Over two days of 12 hours each, presentations of evidence and explanations of voting systems would be streamed online. Mike was bringing together, maybe for the first time, many of the pieces of the puzzle that was the election fraud. Many would come to understand that this was not isolated to 2020 — we would learn that our trust had been betrayed and American elections had been corrupted and fraudulent for a long time.

Jump to Mike’s 2022 event: The Moment of Truth Summit

Aug. 11: Patrick Colbeck Challenges “Most Secure Election” Claim by CISA

A Critical Voice for Election Integrity

“Patrick Colbeck spoke at Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium, presenting ‘Most Secure Election in History? Let’s Find Out’. He challenged CISA’s November 19, 2020, claim that the 2020 election was the most secure in U.S. history, exposing election issues, including internet connectivity that contradicted official assurances.

Colbeck’s rigorous analysis, which highlighted the risks of electronic voting systems, was a turning point, reinforcing the urgent need for hand counting to ensure transparency and trust in our elections.

Grassroots Volunteers Canvass State Voter Rolls

Canvassing voter rolls

81 Million Biden Voters? Who or Where Are They?

Through 2021 and into 2022, the People became activated. The first primary target was voter rolls to answer this question: Are there fake voters on the voter rolls?

In some states, grassroots activists had to stand up to the pushback from election officials, including attempts at civil lawsuits and criminalizing canvassing efforts.

Many of the state teams coordinated through Mike Lindell’s Cause of America organization. And, where states charged outrageous fees to access voter rolls, Lindell sometimes assisted by paying the fees.

Most of the states, like Missouri, published their canvassing results and reports.

2021

~3 Years Ago

Mar. 19: The Mesa 3 Report

Cover of Mesa 3 Report

Preserving the Evidence

Jeff O’Donnell (@FSociety_1942 on X) studied the election systems data from Mesa County Colorado, preserved by County Clerk Tina Peters. The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office with Dominion Voting Systems had announced in May 2021 that a “trusted build” would be installed on Mesa County’s election management systems (EMS), which would have effectively destroyed all files on the EMS.

Clerk Peters sought to preserve the records and arranged for a forensic backup. These actions would lead to Peters being indicted on March 9, 2022, on 10 counts of what would be deemed an election security breach. After being found guilty at her trial in 2024, Peters will be sentenced to 9 years in prison.

Analyzing the data preserved by Peters, O’Donnell determined there was evidence of database manipulation that occurred during the early-voting periods of both the November 2020 and April 2021 elections. His findings are published in the Mesa 3 Report. O’Donnell would update his findings in 2025 in the Mesa 4 Report.

Apr. 1: EAC Issues Report on Tennessee Voting System Anomaly

EAC screenshot with Tennessee Anomaly

Voting Machine Issues? Always an Anomaly, Glitch, or Human Error.

There are so many examples of voting machine issues but not enough space in this timeline to cover them all. So this example, and a few others are included to illustrate how “they” control the narrative: issues are always anomalies, glitches, or human error. Election officials go to great lengths to make a point that there is no proof of election fraud.

In a municipal election in Tennessee (Oct. 2021), an Election Judge who simply kept a tally on note paper noticed that the number of ballots cast did not match the number reported by the voting equipment. A hand recount verified that the total of 98 ballots cast reported by the machine was, in fact, 330 ballots cast.

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission did an investigation and issued a report. The issue was called an anomaly.

Apr. 5: Mike Lindell Served: Defamation Lawsuit (Eric Coomer)

Process Server Hands Mike Lindell Court Documents at a Rally in Support of Clerk Tina Peters

If you asked Mike Lindell on April 4th, “who is Eric Coomer?,” Mike would have said, “I don’t know.” Which is basically what he said when he was served with a defamation lawsuit from Coomer at a public event in Colorado on April 5th.

Why sue Mike? Well, why sue the Trump Campaign, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and many others? The list of defendants are not the usual ‘suspects’ who go around defaming people. Take Sidney Powell, for example. Her book, Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice, named names of some influential people — yet, no defamation suits because Powell is meticulous with details.

How is it possible that a fairly unknown executive at a voting machine company could be the ‘focus’ of defamatory comments by so many people close to Donald Trump’s campaign. Or was he?

This video, titled “Eric Coomer Deposition” is from the Rumble account of “Warrior for Truth, Justice, Righteousness & this Republic” and appears to be related to Coomer’s defamation suit against Sidney Powell.

Is Eric Coomer the Perfect Villian?

The deposition video linked above begins at a point where the defense attorney is questioning Coomer about a statement by Coomer that he is the “perfect villain” for allegedly giving people “fodder” for false narratives.

Skip ahead to Mike Lindell’s victory for free speech in the Coomer v. Lindell trial

May 4: Missouri Canvassers Report 21% Inflation of Voter Rolls

Following nearly 5 months of canvassing by grassroots volunteers who knocked on roughly 5,000 doors, the Missouri Canvassers released their canvassing report which highlighted these issues:

Cover - Missouri Elections Are Impossible to Validate

Missouri Elections Are Impossible to Validate

  • There is no “final” list of everyone who voted in any Missouri election

  • Missouri voter rolls are inflated

  • Votes were counted for ‘phantoms’ and ‘lost’ for actual voters

  • Voting equipment can connect to the internet

  • Scientific and non-partisan investigations have uncovered election fraud

  • Missouri residents have lost control of their elections

It should be noted that the new Secretary of State who took office in 2025 has already removed more than 150,000 dead voters from the Missouri rolls.

May 20: EAC and “Anomaly” in Missouri Voting Machines

EAC screenshot of Missouri Anomaly

Again, an ‘Anomaly’ Noticed by Election Judges

During Missouri’s Municipal Election on April 5, 2022, an “anomaly” occurred during the poll closing functions of the voting equipment in Cole County, Missouri, and six other Missouri counties. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission approved a measure to ‘address’ the issue.

Again, despite persistent statements by the former Missouri Secretary of State that Missouri elections are good, this and other issues arise. And, the issues are not discovered during post-election audits. Many issues are spotted by observant and diligent election workers.

June 3: Oops! CISA Admits Dominion Vulnerabilities in 2020 Election

CISA - 9 Critical Issues vulnerabilities in Dominion

Undermining the previous “Most Secure Election” Claim

CISA issued an advisory revealing 9 critical vulnerabilities in Dominion Voting Systems, contradicting its November 19, 2020 claim of the ‘most secure election in history.’ These flaws, which could allow vote manipulation, were known during the 2020 election but not disclosed.

This admission raises serious questions about electronic voting security, validating concerns raised by election integrity advocates. It reinforces the need for hand counting to ensure transparency and trust in our elections.

But, certainly more than that, the admission raises issues about why CISA claimed just 16 DAYS after the 2020 election that it was the most secure in U.S. history, but waited 19 MONTHS to issue an advisory. What are the ramifications for that conduct?

Jump back to CISA’s “most secure” claim

June 22: Votes Not Counted in a Georgia County

Michelle Long Spears

In a 3-way race for a commissioner seat in a Georgia county, Michelle Long Spears was surprised at the election results which put her in 3rd place and out of the run-off for the seat.

She decided to check the results at several polling places and could not understand how she received zero votes at some of them. But the biggest surprise was getting zero votes at the location where she and her husband voted — and that would mean at least two votes!

Spears demanded a recount. A machine recount returned the same results, but a hand count revealed that the voting machines had under-counted Spears votes by 3,620. Spears was the first-place winner and took the commissioner seat.

Interestingly, at the 2025 Coomer v. Lindell trial, an expert witness testified that he was consulted by Spears on the matter. Despite the results, his opinion was that, since the error was found, there was no purpose in taking the matter any further (i.e., don’t blame the machines).

Aug. 20-21: Mike Lindell’s The Moment of Truth Summit

Overcoming Mainstream Media Censorship

One of the biggest ‘blockers’ to securing our elections was the attempt to silence those, like Mike Lindell, fighting to expose fraud. But “they” really did underestimate Mike Lindell and his ability to be heard, and let others be heard.

Mike brought together more than a thousand activists at The Moment of Truth Summit in Springfield, Missouri. For two days of 12 hours each, state activists and election experts provided evidence and calls to action.

Mike provided recaps throughout the event, to ensure everyone understood the truth that was being presented. The event was live-streamed on several platforms, and videos are available.

Jump ahead to Mike’s 2023 Election Crime Bureau Summit or return to the 2021 CyberSymposium

Aug. 20: [S]ELECTION CODE — Premiered at The Moment of Truth Summit

Lara Logan’s investigation of the Clerk Tina Peters story

A world-renowned investigative journalist, Lara Logan, tells the story of a county clerk, Tina Peters, who preserved election evidence and was punished with a 9-year prison term.

Read Jeff O’Donnell’s findings about the preserved evidence in the Mesa reports.

Aug. 21: Enemy Inside the Wire

Col. Shawn Smith Speaks at The Moment of Truth Summit

One of the experts who spoke at Mike Lindell’s The Moment of Truth Summit was Col. Shawn Smith (USAF-Ret) who explained chain of custody issues and how that translates to our insecure election systems in a presentation titled, Enemy Inside the Wire.

For anyone who was previously unaware of the meaning of chain of custody, this presentation was an eye-opener. Smith covered topics that included testing, certification, and lack of oversight in the production of voting machines.

Aug. 21: Trial of the Machines

Clay Parikh, Cyber-expert, speaks at the Truth Summit explaining how voting machines are tested

The purpose of Mike Lindell’s The Moment of Truth Summit was to bypass censorship and bring experts directly to the people to speak the truth. One of those experts was Clay Parikh, who previously worked for the labs that test voting machines. Parikh stunned the audience as he explained the truth behind the certification of voting machines. Some of the vendors he has tested include Dominion Voting Systems, Election Administrators LLC, Election Systems & Software, EVERYONE COUNTS, Konnech Inc., MicroVote, and Unisyn Voting Solutions Inc.

“I know how to get into systems … as a person who’s seen the inside, who’s scanned them, who’s tested them, I’m telling you, your home PC is probably a lot more secure than any of these electronic voting machines.”

Clay Parikh at The Moment of Truth Summit

See also, the Ask the Cyber-Expert event, held in St. Charles, Missouri in 2023 (Part 1 and Part 2). The town hall event brought cyber information directly to the people with the opportunity to ask questions of cyber experts Clay Parikh and Clint Curtis.

A day later, a gathering was held for open discussion with Parikh and Curtis, several elected officials, two local election officials, and some constituents. The election officials claimed, on video, that they can prove their voting machines do not connect to the internet because they opened them up and “cut the wires.” Their comments validated that voting equipment is more complex than most election officials are capable of understanding or managing.

Aug. 21: State of the States Addresses

State of the States

Mike Lindell’s efforts to secure our elections brought together a network of election advocates at his The Moment of Truth Summit. From individuals pursuing specific topics in their state, to large groups with many affiliate groups, Mike gave them a platform to work together and help each other.

At the Truth Summit, a representative from each state provided an update of the issues in their state and their efforts. The Missouri presentation by Linda Rantz, focused on how clerk associations (which are NGOs) are not accountable to the People, but exert control over our county clerks and election officials.

Sep. 12: FBI Seizure of Mike Lindell’s Phone

From Hunting to Hardees to FBI Stop

Mike Lindell was stopped by the FBI at a Hardees Restaurant when he was in the drive-thru lane. He tells the story for the first time in the Lindell-TV video.

A question that still needs to be answered — Mike was returning from a duck hunting trip in Iowa. How did the FBI know where Mike would pull over for lunch in a town and state that he doesn’t even live in?

The FBI confiscated Mike’s phone. To date (June 2025), it has not been returned to him.

(The Babylon Bee version of the incident is worth a look.)

Dec. 29: Launch of Return to Hand Counting eManual and Presenting it to Mike Lindell!

Lindell: “This is the Best News I’ve Had All Year”

And it’s been a really bad year!

While Mike Lindell was defending our elections, his company, and himself on many fronts, a group in Missouri was working with Linda Rantz to test the hand count method, which came to be known as the Missouri Method.

Mike joined them for the launch webinar, without even knowing what he was about to see. During the webinar, a hand count team was demonstrating the hand count method in the background.

The full webinar includes presentations by Shawn Smith, David and Erin Clements, and Dr. Doug Frank.

2022

~2 Years Ago

Apr. 4: 100% successful Hand-Counted Official Election in Osage County, MO

Mike Lindell Breaks the News About No-Machines Election in Osage County, MO

“They” can never say hand counting cannot be done. The hand counted election in April 2023 in Osage County was 100% accurate and a huge success.

If “they” had known about it in advance, “they” would have tried to stop it. How do we know? Because after the election, without notifying the Republican Committee in the county but with the Democrats in attendance, the clerk with members from the former Secretary of State’s office unsealed and recounted the ballots. They recounted by machine, and re-hand-counted the ballots.

If there had been any issues found, “they” would have broadcast it from the rooftops. Instead, the Sheriff’s office would conduct a 7-month investigation of the unsealing of ballots, and there would be attempted lawfare against Linda Rantz regarding the her appearance on Lindell-TV (above video).

Remainder of 2023 and into 2024: Hand Count Training Across the U.S.

hand count training volunteers

The Mission: Prepare the County for Hand Counting

We have always felt the urgency to teach hand counting to as many people as quickly as possible. To accelerate training, everything is recorded and on this website so people can self-train.

Tally Demo: Prove Hand Counting is Easy

Express Training: Learn to Hand Count in 60 Minutes

Train the Trainers: Comprehensive Hand Counting Guide

“I hope for a day when President Trump will say to Mike Lindell: ‘Mike, we’re going to need to hand count ballots — are your people ready?’ And Mike will say, ‘Yes, Sir, Mr. President, we’re Ready!’”

~ Linda Rantz

We teach the Missouri Method, because that is what we know. But it doesn’t matter which hand count method you learn. For example, Texas has the Tally Texas method.

The important thing is to understand that hand counting is easy and humans are capable of counting ballots!

When the day comes to hand count, our voices must be louder than and supersede “their” narrative.

Aug 16-17: Lindell’s Election Crime Bureau Summit

Getting the Evidence to the People

Live-streamed over two 12-hour days, Mike Lindell again brings together state activists and election experts to present and discuss election crimes.

Return to the 2021 Cyber Symposium, or the 2022 The Moment of Truth Summit

Aug 16: Missouri Update

Giving States a Platform for Calls to Action

Grassroots working in the 50 states volunteer as much time as they can — and there are others in the states who want to know how to get involved.

With his Summits, Mike Lindell makes it possible for grassroots to share their information and grow their organizations.

2023

~1 Year Ago

Jan. 29: Exposing Hand Count Myths at TPA Event

Myth: Popular Belief that is False or Unsupported

“Their” narratives, which are intended to convince people that hand counting cannot be done, are based on myths.

At this Turning Point Action event, Linda Rantz exposes the myths and “their” narratives. The Myths Page on this site provides many resources. Especially read these:

Finding: Most Objections Are Myths, Not Grounded

Finding: Mike Was Right – Elections Need Securing

Finding: Hand Counting is Easy and Inspiring

Finding: Hand Counting Saves Money

Finding: Works in Any Size County

Finding: Plenty of People, Training is Quick

Finding: Election Day or Same Day Results

Finding: More Transparency and Better Security

Finding: Incremental Auditing Assures Accuracy

Apr. 8: Uh oh! CISA Hacked! Security Irony!

CISA Hacked with homepage

Can CISA Protect Elections If It Can’t Protect Itself?

CISA, the agency tasked with securing U.S. elections, was itself hacked, exposing vulnerabilities in its own systems. This breach occurred amidst CISA’s assurances of election security, raising doubts about its credibility after its 2020 ‘most secure election’ claim.

The irony of CISA’s hack underscores the broader risks of relying on digital systems for elections. Hand counting offers a verifiable alternative to ensure election integrity, free from cyber threats.

Keep this in mind: CISA itself was unaware of the breach until it was discovered, not by CISA, but by Google’s Threat Analysis Group.

Jump back to CISA’s “most secure” claim

Oct. 3: Wait – what? CISA Denies Possibility of Foreign Election Interference

CISA says no chance elections can be hacked

Can We Trust CISA’s Assurances?

CISA claimed there was ‘no chance’ of foreign adversaries changing election results, despite its own history of vulnerabilities.

This followed CISA’s 2020 ‘most secure election’ claim, later undermined by Dominion vulnerabilities and its own hack.

CISA’s repeated assurances raise skepticism, especially given electronic voting’s exposure to cyber threats. Hand counting provides a safeguard against such risks, ensuring election integrity.”

Not the end of the story, CISA will report in about 5 weeks (Nov. 14, 2024) that China is spying on Americans via our telecommunications.

Apparently, we should all be reassured that the CCP is only interested in what we’re saying on phone calls, and would never consider hacking our elections.

Jump back to CISA’s “most secure” claim

Oct. 3: Tina Peters Convicted in Jury Trial

Justice? for Tina Peters

Excessive Sentence Intended to Send a Message

In August 2024, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was convicted on 7 of 10 charges, including four felonies, for tampering with election equipment, based on the same information she presented at the 2021 Cyber Symposium.

A jury of 12 from conservative Mesa County returned a the verdict of guilty. The judge sentenced her to 9 years in prison on October 3, 2024, a sentence critics like Patrick Colbeck called unfair due to excluded exculpatory evidence and expert witnesses.

The excessive sentence was likely intended to deter election advocates from challenging electronic voting systems. Peters’ case highlights the risks faced by those questioning election integrity, underscoring why hand counting is a safer, more transparent alternative to ensure trust in our elections.

Nov. 5: Trump Wins!

Too Big to Rig

For many election security activists, knowing what happened in the 2020 election meant not taking for granted that votes would be counted honestly in 2024. Trump was the winner, but many down-ticket races raised concerns.

Was it too big to rig the presidential race, so the best way “they” had to thwart Trump was to stack congress against him?

X thread by Emerald Robinson on 2024 stop the steal

“… what happened on Election Day 2024 to stop the steal.”

In a thread on X with over 100 individual posts, investigative journalist Emerald Robinson walks through the 4 years since the stolen 2020 election to show what prevented the steal of the 2024 election.

Nov. 14: CISA again! China Spying!

CISA says China spying on us

CISA Admits China Hacked Telecom Providers

CISA admitted that China hacked U.S. telecom providers for spying, exposing systemic vulnerabilities in digital infrastructure.

This revelation, alongside CISA’s own hack and denials of foreign interference, undermines trust in electronic voting systems.

But certainly, China would never hack our election systems, right?

China’s hacking highlights the persistent risks of digital elections, making hand counting a critical alternative to ensure transparency and security in our voting process.

Dec. 3: “Human Error in Wyoming” — Really?

human error in Wyoming

At Least They’re Honest That This is About Narrative

An article in a Wyoming newspaper explained a problem with ballots and voting machines in the November 2024 election. The article was a classic example of narratives and myths by election officials. There was no attempt to disguise the narrative.

A county clerk declared that the ballot problem was human error. The clerk said that important to publish the human error narrative because hand count advocates will “use this to say we have to hand count.”

Whether the ballot issue was or was not human error, the clerk and others interviewed used the opportunity to recite falsehoods (myths) about hand counting. It was a great opportunity to download the election results for the Wyoming county, use our Estimator Tool to get actual costs and estimates, and debunk their myths.

2024

This Year!

Feb. 22: Mike Lindell Validated and Thanked by President Trump

President Trump’s CPAC Message

It has been 4 long years of self-sacrifice, loyalty, and fortitude by Mike Lindell. The acknowledgement and gratitude of President Donald Trump was well-deserved.

Does that mean Mike Lindell’s election work is done? Far from it! Mike has said many, many times that the fraud of the 2020 election must be exposed and he is committed to it.

Mike Lindell also gave an inspiring speech at the CPAC event. #MikeWasRight

June: Mike Lindell Vindicated in Defamation Trial

Mike Lindell outside Colorado courthouse

Lawfare Defeated, Free Speech Defended

The Plaintiff, Eric Coomer, sought over $60 million in damages. The jury awarded him a total of less than 5% (to be appealed) and nothing from MyPillow. They also rejected claims of malice and punitive intent, confirming that Lindell was driven not by hatred—but by conviction. Mike Lindell stood alone—refusing to pay hush money and refusing to apologize for voicing concerns shared by millions of Americans.

“This was a huge victory for our country! … The media should wake up and stop backing companies that rhyme with Dominion.”

~ Mike Lindell

Victory Checklist

  • MyPillow: Fully exonerated

  • Mike Lindell: Cleared of malice, no punitive damages, no conspiracy

Lindell defended free speech—and won!

2025