‘Mischief and problems’: rightwing activists ramp up drive to hand-count ballots | US elections 2024

This article was published in partnership with Votebeat, a non-profit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the US.At the local discount cinema in Tempe, Arizona, this winter, a crowd of about 100 people took their seats for something different from the typical Sunday matinee.The man standing in front of the big screen, Mark Cook, packed up his life months ago to drive around in an RV for a mission he said he was called to by God. Their elections had been stolen from them, he told the crowd, and it was time to take them back. He dubbed his…