The logistics of how President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania has been brought into question, which ultimately led to the call for a full forensic investigation into the election by State Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (R-Bellefonte).
“We have created a webpage that allows Pennsylvanians to share testimony they are willing to swear to by filing an affidavit or testifying at a Senate hearing,” Jason Thompson, communications director for Corman, told Keystone Today.
In June, Gov. Tom Wolf (D) vetoed an election integrity bill that would have required ID to vote and shortened timelines for the availability of drop boxes for mail-in ballots while also establishing oversight of those boxes from both major political parties.
“Gov. Wolf did veto our last election reform bill, which is part of the reason why we are undertaking the current election investigation. This review will allow us to dig deeper into the issues facing our election system and get answers to the concerns we have heard from constituents about the fairness and accuracy of recent elections,” Thompson said.
According to WTAJ, Corman said, “This isn’t about changing (election) results. This is about putting a process in so we can educate ourselves so that everybody — whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, whatever — has faith in the results moving forward, and that’s our goal.”
According to a Franklin & Marshall College poll from June of this year, City & State Pennsylvania reported that 74% of voters believe that people should be required to show ID to vote. There was also significant support for signature verification on mail-in ballots, with 81% of voters stating that officials should be required to compare signatures on ballots with those on file.
