My Pillow Guy purchases, plans to "run tests" on Alabama voter rolls

[Tanuki]

https://www.al.com/politics/2021/09/mypillows-mike-lindell-to-run-tests-on-alabama-voter-list-after-meeting-merrill-ivey.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true

"MyPillow founder and Donald Trump adviser Mike Lindell plans to conduct “tests” on Alabama’s voter rolls after purchasing the list, said Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, who along with Gov. Kay Ivey met with Lindell on Friday.

Lindell, the founder and CEO of MyPillow who is Trump’s main attack dog in the former president’s battle contending the 2020 presidential election was stolen, is going to comb through the list of Alabama voters to determine whether the state has any ineligible people on it, including deceased residents.
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Lindell, who set up the meeting with Merrill after attending Trump’s “Save America” rally in Cullman in late August, heaped praise on Alabama’s election procedures, ranging from the state’s voter ID law to how votes are tabulated in the state, according to Merrill.

But Lindell “still believes there’s a potential to hack some equipment, even though we assured him none of our equipment is connected to the Internet,” the secretary of state said.
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Lindell held a three-day “cyber symposium” in August, where he claimed to have access to information implicating China in election fraud, and offered a $5 million reward to anyone who could disprove the information."...(more)

[Me.]

1. Isn't This Illegal?

[Jose Garcia]

12. These are public records

Both parties, as well as any sreious campaigns, purchase lists of voters.

[Me.]

14. But Are THey Allowed To Run "Tests"?

[LeftInTX]

15. I have no idea what "run tests" entails

Will he contact voters? Which he legally can do, but they can absolutely refuse to talk to him.
Will he verify their addresses? Problem is: People move frequently and it's been almost a year.

I really don't think he can access voting machines.

As post #4 states" Maybe this is all about campaign stuff.

[Jose Garcia]

17. They can do whatever the heck they want with it

[Deuxcents]

2. 5 million dollars?

I thought he was being sued for billions by Dominion. Is he all blow n no go?

[rickyhall]

3. Lock him in a room full of My Pillows.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. I predict that Alabamians are about to be on the receiving end

of a spam barrage for MAGAt fundraisers and Mein Pillow merchandise, the likes of which not seen since the boner pill barrage of ‘12.

[Frustratedlady]

5. How much money is this guy worth? Trump must have promised him one helluva job.

Is he one of the nuts that Dominion is suing? Pursuing this folly is going to bring him nothing but trouble if he doesn't stop.

Trump and Lindell both need to be measured for strait jackets.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Not Much

It has to be somebody else's money & he's just the buffoon out front.
Based on company performance since incorporation (about 13 years ago) the most he could have been worth was around $30 million. The most! If he had no partners (early backers), and he does. So, $30 million is too high.
In the last 12 months, revenues in his minor company have fallen below cost of operation.
Some of his huge debt load (debt:equity of nearly 5) has been personally backed.
The company barely has the money to cover interest payments on $126 million in debt.
That means there's no pay down of principal. Those notes are in arrears.
He pretends to be worth $300 million, but that is just another fantastic lie.
He doesn't have the kind of cash to prop up his company, cover principal payments, start a Mickey Mouse media platform, fund this tour, and buy voter lists.
There's dark money behind this smoke & mirrors performance of his.

[Frustratedlady]

10. Whoa! That is a ton of info. Thanks for your input.

It sounds like he is in for a face to face with reality. I can now see why he is drawn to Trump...he is a mini version of the former guy and about to follow him to irrelevance.

[walkingman]

6. The GOP has lost it - hundreds of simple minded politicians leading a bunch of religious nuts

[captain queeg]

7. Maybe ole Mike has slipped and is back on the pipe

If not, he is a cautionary tale for someone who sobers up but does not make further changes and rejects help for other addicts. I’d imagine him going into a meeting of other clean addicts and trying to preach the sermon of TFG. Those who really cared about him would try to talk him down. I have no experience with his preferred poison but it sure sounds like he’s either using again or having a psychotic breakdown.

[Srkdqltr]

9. How can one buy voter rolls? Seriously what do the voters think of this?

[BumRushDaShow]

13. PA has a form that you can complete

to get the list for each county @$20 a pop per this (PDF file) - https://dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/Documents/Elections%20Division/requestvoterlists.pdf

But when the GOP loons here demanded (via subpoena) a copy of that list (that they can get without a subpoena) but WITH the associated last 4-digits of the SS number and the Driver's license numbers for their sham "audit" (which is in violation of state law), they were taken to court (case filed yesterday evening).

[LeftInTX]

16. Perfectly legal. That's how campaigns work

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. Mikey has TONS of information implicating China!

Not that he's seen fit to disclose any of it and get his messiah off the hook, but he's GOT it, you betcha! You just wait!

...and wait... and wait... and wait...

[Whiskeytide]

18. I hope he can flip Alabama. n/t

[Retrograde]

19. Run tests on voter rolls?

Just what kind of "tests" does he have in mind?