Did anyone bother to call the County Clerk to verify that actual story and related facts behind this? I bothered as I am a Precinct Committeeman in a County in Missouri and this got me excited as to how I could possibly emulate this in my county. The facts are that this was a TEST for hand counting on a small local election for mostly education leadership positions. The Clerk was approached after the 2022 election by citizens and asked about removing machines from the election process She agreed to use the mid term 2023 election as a test. The Clerk made it clear to me that this did not work out well whatsoever. Without getting into all sorts of details I believe it failed due to lack of training and preparedness for a hand count. I dont think this is a failure in that it cannot be accomplished. But for a trial run and jumping in head first without checking the depth of the water caused a 'headache' because they were simply not ready. Everyone is ready to run with a 'feel good' story but nobody actually follows up and fact checks. The Clerk stated that she has not been interviewed and she didnt even know this was a story until last night. Im going to pass this on to a bigger voice 'influencer' on Truth Social to see if it can gain some traction emphasizing the need to make the transition SMARTLY. Not blind and without training. Perhaps the Clerk can provide some bullet points that caused the problems that can be addressed for future use.