How a Florida-based election skeptic came to run elections in California

Clint Curtis, who once claimed to build vote-flipping software, will now lead elections in a conservative county

Clint Curtis is a familiar face among election skeptics in the United States. The Florida-based lawyer and former computer programmer has said he once developed a software that could change votes. He opposes the use of voting machines and highlights his connection to proponents of election conspiracy theories, including Mike Lindell and Steve Bannon.

Soon he is slated to start overseeing elections in Shasta county, California, a conservative region of 180,000 people in the state's far north where Republicans vastly outnumber Democrats.