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The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that Stark County Commissioners must buy the voting machines selected by the county board of elections.

Commissioners in Stark County voted to reject a recommended purchase of Dominion voting machines. Former President Trump falsely accused the machines of switching votes for him to President Biden.

Trump and his allies' false claims about Dominion Voting Systems are leading elected officials in one Ohio county to slow down an effort to procure new voting equipment.

Stark County election officials are defending their recommendation to purchase new voting machines from Dominion Voting Systems, the company targeted by false claims of voter fraud and election interference in late 2020. County commissioners received an unprecedented number of calls and emails criticizing the choice, Commissioner Bill Smith said. “This response from the public has far exceeded the response any of us has ever received on any topic to come before our board,” Smith said.

The number of voters on the first day of early voting in Stark County easily surpassed the number who turned out in 2016 and 2008.

Stark County resident Don Woodward guessed he was mistakenly signed up for poll worker training when he got an envelope from the county’s board of…