Judge denies Windham residentâs request to delay controversial audit of state representativesâ election Share Updated: 4:47 PM EDT May 11, 2021 Share Updated: 4:47 PM EDT May 11, 2021
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Show Transcript UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO STOP THIS AUDIT FROM HAPPENING. THE WINDHAM TOWN BUS DELIVERED FOUR VOTING MACHINES FROM THE 2020 ELECTION AND STATE TROOPERS WIELD THEM INTO THE SECURE FACILITY. WHERE A TRIO OF INDEPENDENT. OTHERS WILL BEGIN CLOSELY EXAMINING THEM TOMORROW THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS FOR NOVEMBER CONTAINED IN SECURE BOXES. WEâRE NOT FAR BEHIND A RECOUN LAST YEAR IN WINDHAM STATE REP RACE REVEALED SIGNIFICANT DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE MACHINE COUNT AND THE HAND COUNT FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES GAINED AROUND 300 VOTES EACH WHILE ONE DEMOCRAT LOST 99 VOTES THOSE CHANGES WERE SO FAR BEYOND THE NORM THE LEGISLATURE TOOK BIPARTISAN ACTION TO BRING ABOUT THIS UNIQUE AUDIT. THE GOAL IS FIRST OF ALL ESTA PLACE WHAT HAPPENED THEN E
In Windham, the 2020 election still rages
In this May 7, 2021 photo, Kristi St. Laurent, who ran for a House seat in the 2020 election, poses in front of Town Hall in Windham, N.H. St. Laurent, who requested a recount after losing the 2020 election by 24 votes, has led to a debate over the integrity of the election in Windham and prompted Trump supporters to suggest the dispute could illustrate wider problems with the election system. (AP Photo/Michael Casey) Michael Casey
Published: 5/9/2021 10:02:04 PM
Meetings of the Windham Board of Selectmen are usually as sleepy as they sound a handful of residents from the New Hampshire town, a discussion of ambulance fees, maybe a drainage study.
The crowd at the Monday meeting had been fired up by conservative media, which in recent weeks has seized on the town’s election results for four seats in the state House as suspect. The attention, fanned by a Donald Trump adviser who happens to be a Windham resident, has helped a routine recount spiral, ultimately engulfing the town in a false theory that the national election was stolen from Trump.
It doesn’t seem to matter that Republicans won all four state House seats in question.
The dust-up shows just how far Trump’s election lies and the search for evidence to support them have burrowed into American politics, even the most local. Like House Republicans in Washington fighting over what some call the “Big Lie” and lawmakers in Arizona conducting a partisan “recount,” this bedroom community is still wrestling with the aftermath of 2020.
WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) Meetings of the Windham Board of Selectmen are usually as sleepy as they sound a handful of residents from the New Hampshire town, a discussion of ambulance fees, maybe a drainage study.
So when a crowd of about 500 people showed up last week, some waving American flags, carrying bullhorns and lifting signs questioning the presidential election, Bruce Breton knew things were about to change.
“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” said Breton, who has served on the board for 18 years. “The groundswell from the public is unbelievable.”
The crowd at the Monday meeting had been fired up by conservative media, which in recent weeks has seized on the town’s election results for four seats in the state House as suspect. The attention, fanned by a Donald Trump adviser who happens to be a Windham resident, has helped a routine recount spiral, ultimately engulfing the town in a false theory that the national election was stolen from Trump.