2020 was problem plagued after hosting an event with frank. >> i think the whole world is on the edge right now of are we going to continue trusting this system. >> so i'm a scientist. >> reporter: it was one of frank's stops on his nationwide tour. in missouri, featured frank and a state representative with a flier calling on county clerks to attend. in colorado, frank met with the mesa county clerk under investigation by the fbi for her alleged involvement in a security breach of the county's election system. the montana free press frank met with staffers for the state attorney general. here in texas -- >> i'm going to walk through these checks and balances again. >> reporter: harris county elections administrator says a scam like frank describes with widespread hacking and phantom votes would never succeed. >> if you even change a period, a period, in the election programming, it sends up a red flag that immediately stops the entire process until we can identify what would have triggered that red flag. >> reporter: in harris county