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To: Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar
Ensure that Governor Tom Wolf & Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar Count Every Vote in Pennsylvania
This is the most critical election of our lives, and we have to ensure that every single vote is counted.
Turnout and excitement for voting in this election have been breaking records daily. At the same time, voter suppression tactics across the entire country are at an all-time high: People have been waiting in line for hours to cast their ballot, polling locations have been strategically shut down, and restrictive Voter ID laws have been limiting access to the polls, primarily affecting low-income communities of color.
The GOP is doing everything in its power to disenfranchise voters of color, women, and marginalized groups—to try and take away our power to decide who gets sworn into office in January. We will not let this stand. We demand that Governor Wolf and Secretary of State Boockvar ensure that every single vote is counted on and after Election Day to reflect the will of Pennsylvania’s constituents.
Turnout and excitement for voting in this election have been breaking records daily. At the same time, voter suppression tactics across the entire country are at an all-time high: People have been waiting in line for hours to cast their ballot, polling locations have been strategically shut down, and restrictive Voter ID laws have been limiting access to the polls, primarily affecting low-income communities of color.
The GOP is doing everything in its power to disenfranchise voters of color, women, and marginalized groups—to try and take away our power to decide who gets sworn into office in January. We will not let this stand. We demand that Governor Wolf and Secretary of State Boockvar ensure that every single vote is counted on and after Election Day to reflect the will of Pennsylvania’s constituents.
Why is this important?
Voting is one of the most fundamental rights in this country. In fact, people throughout our history have fought and sometimes died for the expansion of voting rights for their communities and in order to see themselves as a part of this ongoing experiment in democracy.
Unfortunately, the GOP is doing its best to try and silence voters, because they know that if everyone is able to vote, Republicans will lose. And so the GOP is resorting to cheating in a desperate attempt to keep power.
We are seeing harrowing images and videos of voters, particularly Black and Brown voters waiting in line for hours to cast their ballot. Not only that, during a global pandemic, Republican local and state officials have purposefully, made it more difficult to vote by trying to make mail-in ballots inaccessible to voters. Local officials have closed polling locations across the country, forcing voters to travel miles in order to cast their ballot, rather than being able to vote in their own neighborhoods.
People from all walks of life are overcoming challenges in order to be voters and partake in the democratic process, and Governor Wolf and Secretary of State Boockvar must ensure that every ballot is counted during the 2020 election cycle. We refuse to allow Republicans to try and disenfranchise voters in order to win the election or declare victory before every vote has been counted. We are hereby telling our elected officials, count every vote, and we want them to count them immediately starting on November 3, not waiting, as several counties stated they were going to today. We need to make sure that the peoples' voices are heard and we are not dictated to by a minority view throughout our State.
We also hereby demand, that Governor Wolf and Secretary of State Boockvar, ensure that our polling places are kept peaceful! We must not allow individuals even if they have lawful permits to carry openly guns at or near our polling places. This is a willful use of intimidation, it is not something that is seen in a democracy, we must not allow our democracy to be tainted.
Every single vote must be counted by state and local officials in this election cycle. Pennsylvanians need to be assured that there will not be any intimidation or manipulation from outside of our Commonwealth particularly from Washington, every vote counts! Every vote must be counted! Remember it is"We The People” our voices must be heard!
Unfortunately, the GOP is doing its best to try and silence voters, because they know that if everyone is able to vote, Republicans will lose. And so the GOP is resorting to cheating in a desperate attempt to keep power.
We are seeing harrowing images and videos of voters, particularly Black and Brown voters waiting in line for hours to cast their ballot. Not only that, during a global pandemic, Republican local and state officials have purposefully, made it more difficult to vote by trying to make mail-in ballots inaccessible to voters. Local officials have closed polling locations across the country, forcing voters to travel miles in order to cast their ballot, rather than being able to vote in their own neighborhoods.
People from all walks of life are overcoming challenges in order to be voters and partake in the democratic process, and Governor Wolf and Secretary of State Boockvar must ensure that every ballot is counted during the 2020 election cycle. We refuse to allow Republicans to try and disenfranchise voters in order to win the election or declare victory before every vote has been counted. We are hereby telling our elected officials, count every vote, and we want them to count them immediately starting on November 3, not waiting, as several counties stated they were going to today. We need to make sure that the peoples' voices are heard and we are not dictated to by a minority view throughout our State.
We also hereby demand, that Governor Wolf and Secretary of State Boockvar, ensure that our polling places are kept peaceful! We must not allow individuals even if they have lawful permits to carry openly guns at or near our polling places. This is a willful use of intimidation, it is not something that is seen in a democracy, we must not allow our democracy to be tainted.
Every single vote must be counted by state and local officials in this election cycle. Pennsylvanians need to be assured that there will not be any intimidation or manipulation from outside of our Commonwealth particularly from Washington, every vote counts! Every vote must be counted! Remember it is"We The People” our voices must be heard!