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Mike Lindell withholds payment for recount request for GOP primary in Minnesota governor's race
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- Mike Lindell is withholding the $825,000 payment required for a recount of the Minnesota Republican gubernatorial primary, disputing the Secretary of State's proposed recount process as unlawful.
- Lindell's campaign objects to the state's plan to recount only votes for Lindell and Lisa Demuth, rather than all votes cast in the Republican primary, arguing this violates Minnesota law.
- The Secretary of State's office maintains that the recount plan complies with state law and has been approved by the State Canvassing Board, with procedures consistent with past recounts.
- Lindell is requesting a waiver of the payment deadline until a court can decide on the recount's scope, while no official fraud or irregularities have been found in the primary results.
- In the primary, Lisa Demuth received 179,683 votes to Lindell's 134,282, with Lindell finishing second and initially refusing to concede pending a full vote review.
