Last week, My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell visited Alabama to campaign for Lindy Blanchard, who was running for the GOP nomination to be Alabama’s governor.

According to Secretary of State John Merrill, Lindell also filed a lawsuit against his office over concerns about electronic voting machines.

The lawsuit includes accusations Lindell made last year when visiting with Merrill on the issue of election integrity.

During an appearance on WVNN’s “The Yaffee Program,” Merrill responded to the lawsuit and the latest claims of election malfeasance in the Yellowhammer State.

“I’ve been sued 27 times as the Secretary of State,” he said. “This is the 28th time. The other 27 cases have been adjudicated, and I’m 27-0. Roll Tide. When this one is adjudicated, we’ll be 28-0 because there is no significance to anything that they have claimed and there is nothing that we could do different or better than we are currently doing.”

While Merrill could not comment on the specifics of the lawsuit, he did talk about how Lindell’s claims had been discredited in the past.

“They have not introduced anything to us that has been questionable at any level anything that is related to the administration of the election or our voter roles or anything about Alabama’s elections in 2020 before or since,” Merrill advised.

He also defended the use of electronic voting machines in the state.

“All of our equipment was created for us with an RFP, a request for proposal, that I submitted to the vendors that I told them we do not want to have a modem component, we don’t want to have any electronic transfer of data possible, and they built them to our specifications, and even what we have shared is not good enough for Mike Lindell and his people,” Merrill stated.

“I can tell you that Alabama was not recognized as the gold standard for election administration for nothing,” he added, “and it’s one thing to say that you’re the best, it’s another thing for three national entities, including the Heritage Foundation and the University of Sothern California, to say that you’re the best when they have absolutely nothing invested in what you’re doing.”

The Secretary of State said the administration of the primary election was a success and he was now working on making sure that the next election runs also went well.

“Of course, there were some bumps,” he said, “and you always have some bumps and some bruises anytime you have an election, but overall it went very smoothly and we’re very excited to be able to put that one behind us. The certification will take place next Tuesday, and then we’ll have the runoff on June 21.”

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” Weekdays 9-11am on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee