joining us now is justin gla who reported this piece for the rolling stones.ou for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> how much commonality in the differences you found since 2020 in which local republican officials have refused to certify election results? >> well the commonality is they're not based in reality. they're carried out by people who believe lies and conspiracy theories about why election fraud just doesn't exist. >> in terms of where this is coming from, is it a centrally organizized effort. you described links, network patterns. they seem to be funded by the same type of entities and attending the same kinds of conferences. are they effectively working together to try to seed doubts about to 2024. >> only that they are reading and absorbing the same type of materials about election fraud and conspiracies. as a lot of other americans are. so, you know, it's sort of like decentralized coordination. they're involved in these networks. they're reading this stuff. listening to what trump says ant it. and they're believing it. >> one of the exp