![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/midterms-the-conspiracy-theorists-who-want-to-to-control-elections/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/126418788_hi077782765.jpg&description=Image source, ReutersA coalition of candidates who have falsely claimed the last US election was stolen is running for office - this time in a bid to control the 2024 vote in key swing states. The group's founders also have deep connections to another conspiracy theory, QAnon.When Donald Trump called him up onto the stage at a rally in Nevada last month, Jim Marchant seized the opportunity to hammer home his campaign message. "We have something in common," he told the raucous crowd, with the former president standing beside him. "President Trump and I both lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election." While both men continue to spread false theories about their past defeats - the Nevada businessman lost his race for Congress - Mr Marchant also made clear he's looking to the future."When my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country get elected we're going to fix the whole country and President Trump is going to be president again in 2024," he declared. Image caption, Donald Trump and Jim Marchant appeared at a rally in Nevada in OctoberMr Trump beamed as his supporters roared their approval. But experts warn that having partisan election deniers responsible for setting election rules - and in some cases, certifying the results - is dangerous for democracy. Seven members of Mr Marchant's political group called the America First Secretary of State (SOS) Coalition will be on the ballot in November's midterm elections. As the name implies, they are targeting secretary of state positions (two Republican candidates for governor, in Pennsylvania and Arizona, also signed up). These normally obscure roles are distinct from the US secretary of state, a powerful job equivalent to foreign secretary. At the state level, secretary of states have a variety of bureaucratic duties, mostly to do with registering and licensing. But in most states, they also supervise elections.Rachel Orey, from the Elections Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, says th){kind=link}
A coalition of candidates who have falsely claimed the last US election was stolen is running for office – this time in a bid to control the 2024 vote in key swing states. The group’s founders also have deep connections to another conspiracy theory, QAnon.
When Donald Trump called him up onto the stage at a rally in Nevada last month, Jim Marchant seized the opportunity to hammer home his campaign message.
“We have something in common,” he told the raucous crowd, with the former president standing beside him. “President Trump and I both lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election.”
While both men continue to spread false theories about their past defeats – the Nevada businessman lost his race for Congress – Mr Marchant also made clear he’s looking to the future.
“When my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country get elected we’re going to fix the whole country and President Trump is going to be president again in 2024,” he declared.