New Delhi, July 25 -- A federal appeals court handed a victory Wednesday to Mike Lindell, ruling that the MyPillow founder doesn't have to pay a $5 million award to a software engineer who disputed data that Lindell claims proves that China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an arbitration panel overstepped its authority in 2023 when it awarded $5 million to the engineer, Robert Zeidman, of Las Vegas, who took Lindell up on his "Prove Mike Wrong Challenge."

"It's a great day for our country," a jubilant Lindell said in an interview. "This is a big win. It opens the door to getting rid of these electronic voting machines and getting paper ballots, hand-counted."

Lindell, one of...