Letter to the editor: No one is 'fixing' elections

As the public is well aware, Joe Biden won the presidential election fair and square. The Jan. 6 committee has not produced a final report, but its presentation of the facts makes it clear that everyone, including President Trump, knew there was no election fraud.

We have held elections here in Pennsylvania every year and have never had any problems before 2020.

Many members of the Pennsylvania Legislature continue to tell supporters that the election was fraudulent, including our own senator from Westmoreland County, Kim Ward. Her op-ed, “A step toward election integrity in Pa.” (July 24, TribLIVE), was complete nonsense. She insinuates that 40% of voters don’t trust the election results. There is a reason for that. Republicans all over the country told their voters the election was fraudulent.

The election was not fraudulent. Zero evidence means that they were lying to their constituents. You don’t get to start a fire and claim to be the hero for extinguishing it. Sorry, Sen. Ward, we can see clearly what you are doing, and it has more to do with voter suppression than election integrity.

Act 88 is nothing but a partisan attempt to burden voters with unnecessary procedures. Republicans seem to believe their candidates can’t win if they don’t suppress the vote.

There was nothing nefarious about well-intentioned philanthropists or the courts helping voters, but Ward wants people to believe they are fixing our elections. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Chris Baldonieri

Latrobe

The writer is chair of Region 5 East of the Westmoreland County Democratic Committee.