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Kentucky GOP Election Officials Ban Lindell's 'Election Security' Drones

Looks like crazy MAGA election denier Mike Lindell's plan to fly drones around polling places in the name of "election security" in Kentucky is a big bust.

Looks like crazy MAGA election denier Mike Lindell's plan to fly drones around polling places in the name of "election security" in Kentucky is a big bust.

Mike Lindell has recently been complaining about the money troubles of his pillow company, and it looks like his new product isn't faring any better.

Lindell, who recently begged for donations while declaring he's in the poorhouse, earlier this year showed an audience a drone attached to a Wi-Fi network detection device that he said would be used at polling sites to determine if the voting machines were connected to a router.

Now, Republican elections officials in Northern Kentucky are warning that using the devices at the polls is illegal – and likely a felony, according to The Enquirer.

Lindell was pushing his newest snake oil at the same "summit" where one of his speakers was claiming there was massive election fraud in a deep red state.

Here's more from The Enquirer: GOP election officials in Northern Kentucky warn: No Mike Lindell devices allowed at polls:

Election fraud conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell is selling Wi-Fi monitoring devices that he says make elections more secure.

But Northern Kentucky elections officials warned Friday that using the devices at polls is illegal – and likely a felony.

Kenton County Clerk Gabrielle Summe said the devices may be able to unlawfully identify voters and could be small enough for people to sneak into polling locations.

"These are the kinds of things that keep me up at night," she said at a board of elections meeting Friday morning.

Lindell, the founder and CEO of My Pillow, said his wireless monitoring devices, or WMDs, can detect any Wi-Fi signal at polling locations, record IP addresses and show what a network is named.

The four-person Kenton County board of elections voted unanimously that poll workers will be told not to let people use the devices.

Lindell did not respond to a request for an interview from The Enquirer. The Boone and Campbell county clerks also did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the devices.

Whether they actually work or not is up for debate, but it's good to see the officials putting a stop to this nonsense regardless.

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