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Resident urges O'Fallon council to pass election-integrity resolution calling for hand counts

O'Fallon City Council · December 2, 2025
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Summary

Doug Gaines used public comment time to ask the council to pass a resolution urging the county to abandon electronic voting machines and return to hand-counted paper ballots, citing ongoing litigation and an alleged whistleblower affidavit claiming machine software vulnerabilities.

During the public-comment period, Doug Gaines identified himself as a private citizen and urged the City of O'Fallon to pass an election-integrity resolution urging St. Clair County to stop using electronic voting machines and return to hand counts.

Gaines summarized two lawsuits he said are pending or…

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