Joe Gale ‘Proud to stand with President Trump in saying NO to all vote-by-mail elections’
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Joe Gale, the Republican minority member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners has expressed his opposition to an all mail-in ballot election. In a Youtube video that Gale posted himself on Sunday (April 19), he says “I am strongly opposed to an all vote-by-mail election. It’s my belief that every registered voter deserves the opportunity to cast their vote privately, in person, on Election Day without fear of their ballot being lost or manipulated. This is something that I strongly am passionate about.”
In the video, Gale mentions that the two majority, Democratic commissioners, Val Arkoosh and Ken Lawrence; sent a letter to Governor Wolf expressing their concerns about the health dangers that the upcoming in-person June 2 election will present.
Gale goes on to say, “If you look at various areas around the country where there’s been a total all mail-in ballot election, there’s been fraud, and conflicts where the vote was not accurate. And there was corruption in the process.”
Gale did not provide any specific examples for any of the all mail-in elections to which he was referring, where there was fraud, conflict, inaccure counts and corruption.
Oregon has conducted all of its statewide elections since 2000 on mail-in only basis, with very few reports of the kinds of problems that Gale expressed concerns about.
President Trump’s and Commissioner Gale’s opposition to all mail-in voting is not unanimous, even among Republicans.
In an April 13 article, the Inquirer reported that “Pennsylvania voters this week got mailers from the Republican National Committee encouraging them to apply to vote by mail. The filers described the option as ‘convenient and secure.’ ” The Inquirer spoke with Christian Leinbach, Chair of the Berks County Board of Commissioners. He described himself as a “Conservative Republican,” however he said that he disagreed with his “Conservative Republican friends who who believe that’s a really bad idea.” Leinbach told the Inquirer that ” I believe we need to make voting in the current health crisis as safe as possible.”
The Inquirer article also noted that “Experts on voting rights say mail-in ballots have really only been politicized recently. Utah, a deep-red state, is one of five that utilizes mail-in voting almost exclusively. Kim Wyman, Washington’s GOP secretary of state, is an outspoken proponent. And Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine urged an all-mail primary later this month.”
Tell Gail to work the polls for 16 hours that day.