Oct. 30, 2024
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Brian Smith (R-Jefferson/Indiana) issued this statement following news that
Lancaster County election workers uncovered significant voter registration fraud and
York County is investigating potential voter registration fraud:
“In 2020, we were repeatedly told our elections were perfectly fair, and no fraud took place across the country. Yet here we are, with less than a week before another presidential election, and substantial fraud has already been uncovered right here in our Commonwealth.
“The Lancaster County investigation uncovered as many as 2,500 bogus voter registration applications. The extent of the York County issue is not clear, but officials say they received ‘thousands’ of election-related materials from a third-party organization. It’s not uncommon for Pennsylvania’s General Assembly races to be decided by a few hundred votes, sometimes even fewer.
“This issue should not be Republican against Democrat. We should all be working together to ensure Pennsylvanians can have faith in our election process. While there are several routes we can take from a legislative perspective to accomplish this, an easy first step would be to require voters to show their identification each time they cast a ballot. About three of every four Pennsylvanians support the idea, but House Democrats have repeatedly blocked our attempts to get it done.
“Until we can pass this commonsense legislation, I want to urge everyone to be on the lookout for more stunts like the attempted fraud in Lancaster and York counties. I’d also like to thank the election workers there for staying vigilant and doing their part to ensure the integrity of this election remains intact.”
Representative Brian Smith
66th District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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