Trump ally ought voting machine ban citing baseless national security fears: report

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleWhite House adviser Kurt Olsen spearheaded an initiative to ban voting machines, including those from Dominion Voting Systems, by proposing that the Commerce Department designate their components as national security risks. The effort was rooted in widely debunked election-rigging conspiracy theories, with Olsen advocating for a national system of hand-counted paper ballots, a concept publicly supported by Trump. The plan progressed to the point where Commerce Department officials began exploring its legal basis, with other administration officials, such as Paul McNamara and Brian Sikma, involved. Ultimately, the initiative collapsed because Olsen and his team failed to provide sufficient evidence to justify such a drastic measure. This attempt was part of a broader administration campaign to challenge states' constitutional authority over elections, despite repeated investigations finding no evidence of Dominion machines being hacked. In fullInside the failed MAGA push to hand-count every ballotThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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