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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo

James O’Keefe in alleged plan to secretly film US voting and ballot counts

James O’Keefe stands in front of a Project Veritas sign in 2020
James O’Keefe’s initiative is just one of many being planned across the US to uncover supposed instances of election fraud at polling sites. Photograph: Samuel Corum/Getty Images

The far-right political influencer James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, has reportedly assembled a group of election personnel and monitors in the US to secretly film voting and ballot counting procedures on election day.

According to documents given by a whistleblower to the New York Times, the people involved would use hidden cameras “to record and then publicise video to support their claims of fraud and irregularities” at polling locations.

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