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A state official in Idaho said that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell would have to pay for an audit of Idaho's electoral system.
Lindell falsely claimed that Trump votes were mechanically switched in certain counties in favor of Biden.
Officials from the state claimed that Lindell's claims were false because some counties still use paper ledgers.
According to the Idaho chief deputy secretary-of-state, Mike Lindell, MyPillow CEO, said that the state would send Mike Lindell the bill for the audit launched by the state to refute his claims of voter fraud during the 2020 election.
Lindell last month sent Idaho election officials a document titled "The Big Lie", which claimed widespread voter fraud in Idaho. It stated that votes cast for former President Donald Trump were changed to favor current President Joe Biden.
With a 31 point lead over Biden, Trump won Idaho by the largest margin.
"Once the document was in our hands, we immediately believed that there was something wrong," Chief Deputy Secretary Chad Houck said to local news outlet KMVT.
"This document alleges electronic manipulation in all 44 county." Houck stated that at least seven Idaho counties do not use electronic steps to count votes. "That was a red flag and something we could prove or disprove quite directly.
Officials from Idaho launched an investigation into Lindell's claims. They found minor errors in the counting, but not the same extent as Lindell claimed in his document.
Houck, a Republican running for secretary-of-state in Idaho, spoke on CNN to discuss the audit, and how it refuted Lindell's claims.
Houck stated that Lindell made claims that every county in Idaho, and every county in the United States, was off by 8.4%. "We examined that and concluded that that was impossible."
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He said, "We have seven counties within the state of Idaho that cannot be mechanically altered because they still tally their ballots." They are small enough to be done in a paper book or ledger. How do you manipulate a paper leadger?
Houck stated that state election officials will "actually be adding up the expenses that were incurred during the process, and we'll send him a bill."
He continued to state that despite knowing Lindell's lies, Houck still wanted to protect the integrity of the state election system.
He said, "This wasn't about Mike Lindell. This was never about a political position on this." "This is about protecting the integrity not just of the Idaho election system, but of all the people involved in the election process."
He stated that Lindell's claims come across as "criticizing" and "impinging the integrity of election officials, professional elections administrators, and their team.
Houck stated, "And that reputation we work very, very hard for to defend."
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