Letter to the editor: We all should support fixing election system

Approximately 70 million Americans are questioning the U.S. election results due primarily to distrust of the use of the new mail-in ballots and alleged irregularities in the processing and counting of ballots at polls around the country. Pennsylvania did not escape criticism. If mail-in ballots are the wave of the future, then serious adjustments to their use need to be addressed before the next election.

Frankly, Pennsylvania already had a mail-in ballot. It’s called an absentee ballot, and a process for using that ballot has worked effectively for years. There was no legitimate reason to implement a new mail-in ballot.

Despite assurances by Gov. Tom Wolf regarding the election process, at the very least, the alleged irregularities gave the appearance of impropriety.

Consider the following:

1. To our legislators: Rescind the use of mail-in ballots and tighten the regulations for ballot collection and counting.

2. To voters who are complaining: Get involved in the political process. Become a poll worker or poll watcher.

3. To those who voted for Joe Biden: Support the reform. You should want to fix the system, too.

Unless these problems are remedied, election chaos, distrust and division will be the continued result. No one should want that.

Terri Faye

Greensburg