In the conspiracy-soaked aftermath of the 2020 election, far-right activists clamored to inspect ballots based on elaborate — and false — theories. In Georgia, election deniers pushed for a review that might detect counterfeit ballots because they were not folded, appeared to be marked by a machine or were printed on different card stock. In Arizona, auditors were on the hunt for bamboo fibers in ballots to prove that they had fraudulently came from Asia. National attention from voters and the mainstream news media eventually shifted to the 2024 election. (Similar bills regarding ballot scans have come out of committee in the New Hampshire and Arizona Legislatures.)

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Persons: clamored Organizations: Arizona Legislatures Locations: Georgia, Arizona, Asia, New Hampshire