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The States reports:
A close ally of Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has a plan that she claims will help win him the election and prevent voter fraud: She wants voters to cast their ballots “as late in the day as possible” on Election Day.
Conspiracy theorist Toni Shuppe, who has ties to QAnon and who is rumored to be one of Mastriano’s top picks for secretary of state if he becomes governor, says voting late in the day will deliberately “overwhelm the system” and will “stop the steal of 2022” by preventing a voting machine hacker from influencing vote totals.
The messaging is being circulated by far-right conspiracy theorists. On Gab, a far-right social networking platform, a user with almost 6 million followers wrote on Oct. 22: “VOTE IN PERSON on NOVEMBER 8th! VOTE AS LATE IN THE DAY AS YOU CAN! This helps make it harder for the DEMOCRATS to cheat and create fake ballots.”
Read the full article. Shuppe last appeared on JMG in August when she declared that 9/11 was a “false flag” and that Pizzagate is “absolutely real.”
NEW: Election deniers and conspiracy theorists are urging voters to wait until as late in the day as possible on Election Day to vote, a strategy that’s counterintuitive to most campaign tactics but one they claim will help “stop the steal” https://t.co/7Kj4DLJ9n3
— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) November 4, 2022
The push to vote as late as possible has spread on far-right social media and by politicians in PA, WA, and MD. “When I start seeing the same thing being brought up in Maryland, it’s pretty clear there is some coordination of messaging that is going on,” said @beckerdavidj
— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) November 4, 2022
Here’s an example of this “vote late” messaging, which is proliferating on far-right social networking sites like Gab. This user has almost 6 million followers and wrote: “VOTE ON NOVEMBER 8th, as late in the day in possible.” https://t.co/7Kj4DLJ9n3 pic.twitter.com/W5jDoZXp83
— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) November 4, 2022