theories, hank said nothing has been debunked. >> that is a false argument. we have found evidence and it is compounding daily. >> reporter: back in alabama when merrill met with election deniers including mike lindell he easily debunked their claims. >> the information that they had been sharing with us could have been cleared up by doing a google search of addresses. >> reporter: other officials are aiming to apiece their constituents. when cnn asked a commissioner who previously said he's confident in the election for an interview. >> i got an e-mail last night, i'm going to read it. >> reporter: he declined, reading our interview request to audit supporters in a meeting. >> sara murray. >> reporter: he and other board ministers voted to ask the secretary of state to launch an audit. >> motion passes. >> thanks for that report. it is a critical time in american history and tonight, fareed zakaria investigates "the