Posted on 11/07/2021 8:02:47 AM PST by raccoonradio
In an interview last week, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said his wife dropped off his Election Day ballot. It is illegal for a person to submit another person's ballot in most circumstances in Pennsylvania. A spokesperson for Wolf said it was an "honest mistake." Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf in an interview last week said his wife dropped off his ballot for him ahead of Election Day, which is illegal and carries possible jail time and a fine. "I didn't show up in person at the polls. We voted a couple weeks ago, actually," Wolf said during an appearance on the Pittsburgh radio station KDKA, according to a report from Spotlight PA.
"My wife actually dropped it off personally two weeks ago, so it's there." As Spotlight PA reported, Pennsylvania law in most cases prohibits any person from submitting another person's ballot. The act is punishable by up to a year in prison and a maximum fine of $1,000, according to the report. Individuals who live with disabilities are able to designate another person to turn in their ballot, the report said. A spokesperson for Wolf, a Democrat, told the Harrisburg local news outlet ABC 27 that the incident was an "honest mistake." "He broke the law. Like, the governor broke the law. And, actually, it was his wife cause she ended up handing the ballot in, and that's the trigger for violating election law. She's the suspect," GOP State Rep. Seth Grove of York County told ABC 27.
Grove was first to call attention to the interview in a November 4 tweet. Grove said the move wouldn't have been illegal had Wolf signed HB 1300, a sweeping election reform bill from Republicans that Wolf vetoed earlier this year, calling it "voter suppression."
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Democrats are above the law.
When does she turn herself in?
Excuse ACCEPTED as long as every resident of PA gets to avoid a fine, ticket, criminal charge by also claiming “it was an honest mistake”.
This is complete BS, the law allows for a family member to put a ballot you filled out in the mail box. It’s covered under reasonable provisions. This is an attempt to make election laws seem unreasonable. Don’t fall for it.
Laws are for little people.
Good thing he has friends in high places!
It is beginning to look that way.
“Honest mistake” — Oh well, then...
Seems like politicians always skate on ‘ignorance of the law’ and ‘no intent’, but the bottom line is rules are for little-people.
The commonwealth should assess the $1,000 fine and Gov. Wolf should pay it. Not like it’s going to break him financially, and it might even gain him some credibility. Not here, of course, but somewhere?
Rules are for little people
"He broke the law. Like, the governor broke the law. And, actually, it was his wife cause she ended up handing the ballot in, and that's the trigger for violating election law. She's the suspect," GOP State Rep. Seth Grove of York County told ABC 27.
Is this bad writing or just an illiterate person? “He broke the law, like the Governor broke the law”. Who is the second person broke the law like the Governor had done?
Can you give an example of a “dishonest mistake?”
Was it just his ballot, or did she drop off a few thousand others for friends and neighbors?
The jagoff Mayor of Philadelphia (Jim Kenney) dropped off multiple ballots as well.
Also wasn’t it PA where these democrats were going around and collecting ballots (real and fake) and dumping them in these ballots collection boxes located outside on the city streets? Isn’t this the same illegal act? What was the BS name democrats called it ballot harvesting?
“It’s not really a lie if you believe it” - George Costanza
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