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right we begin today in Iceland where a
volcano has erupted again it's the
fourth time since December a volcano has
erupted in Southwest Iceland this time
forcing the evacuation of the popular
tourist destination Blue Lagoon as well
as the nearby town of grindvik according
to officials who spoke with Iceland's
public broadcaster ruv this eruption is
considered as the most powerful of
recent seismic activity Iceland is one
of the most active volcanic areas on the
planet so despite the potential dangers
the country is well prepared for these
events utilizing anti- laava barriers
and other measures to protect people and
critical infrastructure our Michael
Holmes has the latest for us and the why
as this latest event is something
tourists were hoping to
witness a siren whales at the world
famous Blue Lagoon Spar in Iceland the
orange plume lighting up the night sky
means it's time to evacuate weight again
for some tourists this is part of the
excitement one of the reasons they came
to Iceland to see its active volcanoes
and there has been a lot of activity
lately this is the fourth time since
December that a volcano has erupted in
Southwest Iceland less than an hour from
the country's capital rikic the fisure
is estimated to be roughly 3 km long and
flowing once again towards the town of
greenic where emergency teams are
working to reinforce the town's defenses
most of the flow is going east of the
Town towards the sea so um it it looks
like the the barers are really doing the
job they were designed for grindvik was
first evacuated in November after a
series of earthquakes split open roads
in the town heralding The Reawakening of
a volcanic system which had been dormant
for nearly 800 years then laa first
burst through the surface in December
followed by a second eruption in January
that destroyed several homes and
buildings in the area a third eruption
last month demolished a hot water
Pipeline and cut off heat to more than
20,000 people the last few residents of
grindvik who had returned to their homes
have been evacuated again and Icelandic
authorities have declared a state of
emergency for the area calling this the
most powerful eruption on the rikin
peninsula since
2021 pop que's shot what type of voting
led to an election controversy during
the 2000 US presidential election
hand-counted paper ballots mechanical
lever machines punch card machines
direct recording electronic
devices if you said punch card machines
you are correct a grueling 36-day
Florida recount battle stemmed from
problems with the state's punch card
machines where poor ballot design left
hanging Chads on some ballots ultimately
George W bush won the state and the
presidential election
let's turn now to elections where
multiple States will be holding their
primaries today including the State of
Arizona now the two dominant parties
Democrats and Republicans have their
presumptive nominees for the
presidential elections but there are
other primary races still taking place
so these races still matter as local
officials work to maintain election
Integrity one County in Arizona is
dealing with the financial Fallout
caused by conspiracy theories regarding
their paper ballots back in the 2020
presidential election theories surface
that foreign countries inserted
fraudulent paper ballots to influence
the outcome those who believe these
theories wanted more protections and an
Arizona program was created to add extra
security features such as water marks
and invisible fibers onto paper ballots
cois County's recorder the person who
helps run elections decided to
participate but the process took longer
than expected and deadlines were missed
the result this Arizona county now has
nearly 200 ,000 worth of supposedly
fraud prooof paper that it can't use our
donio Sullivan examines this expensive
mishap this is a story about paper lots
and lots of paper Americans have been
voting on paper for most of the
country's history but back in 2020
conspiracy theories about paper started
to spread is looking for bamboo laced
ballots fraudulent ballots were unloaded
from a South Korean plane into Arizon
and it was stuffed into the box all of
that led to this 5 tons worth nearly
$200,000 of supposedly fraud prooof
ballot paper it's currently lying on the
floor of this Warehouse in Phoenix and
no one is quite sure what to do with us
had there ever been a problem with the
paper before no no one's ever questioned
the paper and then what happened we get
into 2020 um there's rumors of bamboo in
the paper and paper from China and a lot
of different just stories that
circulated um and so it just kind of
went from there and people started
questioning it as you were seeing that
play house what were you thinking that
it was nuts enter David Stevens he
ordered the
paper paper itself ballot paper people
have concerns about that there were
concerns yes and what were those
concerns uh that people were making
their own ballots and then interjecting
them into the system uh they were coming
from foreign countries maybe we can make
our paper more
secure so we would know quicker or
easier if it really is a valid Arizona
Ballot or if it is not do you personally
believe the bamboo paper thing I don't
know much about it other than they think
it came from wherever Stevens is a top
election official in Arizona's cois
county cois is home to Tombstone but
it's a place where election conspiracy
theories won't seem to die in 2022
election Skeptics delayed certification
of the midterm elections here Steven's
opponent in an upcoming election says he
is part of the problem in coaches
coaches has been in the headlines a lot
the last few years because of Elections
and mostly for bad reasons it's an
uphill battle because there are people
who spread disinformation about our
election
this theory that there's a problem with
our paper so it was a it was a solution
in search of a problem because we've
never had a problem with our ballot
paper there are all kinds of safeguards
and on top of other safeguards to make
sure that the wrong ballot paper doesn't
um cause any problems ronbeck election
Services takes these huge roles of paper
and turn them into millions of ballots
that are used across the country but not
these two roles of special ballot guard
paper ordered by David Stevens using a
state Grant so this is a sample of the
ballot guard paper so when you shine on
a black light you get these these UV
fibers that now become apparent
additionally there's what's called an IR
tag in and it's a chemical in there that
when you hold a scanner over it it'll be
it'll vibrate wow and a miss deadline
and other bureaucratic snafus has put a
halt to the socalled secure paper
experiment so I mean it's essentially
$200,000 gone to waste uh a little less
than that but yeah so this sounds like a
bit of a nightmare I pretty much yeah I
want it to be over but Adrian Fontes
Arizona's top election official says
Steven's experiment shouldn't have
started in the first place well the
economic cost of the conspiracy theories
in Arizona are real dollars now the
paper that was purchased by this one
County based on these conspiracy
theories that is absolutely useless and
we can't even use it they can't use it
this is taxpayer dollars down the drain
based on
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lies it is bracket time as March Madness
tips off this week with the best men's
and women's college hoops teams facing
off to see who will be Crown Champs but
if all that running and jumping sounds
too exhausting for you maybe it's not
your thing maybe we could learn about
March napis our Jeremy Roth explains the
tournament that's more about the snores
than the scores finally move over March
Madness Make Way for March napis oh it's
a thing all right it's a cookie
competition put on by the Four Paw
Animal Welfare organization allowing
folks to make picks on the hibernation
schedules of a slew of sleeping Bears
it's not too late to fill out an online
bracket and whether you win or lose
depends on who hits the
snooze five more minutes
mom a bracket for napping love it also
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