Republican leaders in Pennsylvania denounce election disinformation and threats against election officials

"Gov. Mark S. Schweiker & Rep. Lou Barletta: As Republicans We Say: Your Vote in Pennsylvania is Safe"

"The strength of our de­moc­racy de­pends on the con­fi­dence that ev­ery el­i­gi­ble voter has a voice and that ev­ery vote is counted ac­cu­rately. It’s time we bring down the tem­per­a­ture, cut through false rhet­o­ric and high­light the on­go­ing ef­forts and suc­cesses in main­tain­ing the in­teg­rity of Penn­syl­va­nia’s elec­tion sys­tem...

Col­lab­o­ra­tion be­tween state and lo­cal of­fi­cials has also been cru­cial in en­hanc­ing the elec­tion pro­cess. By work­ing to­gether, we can ad­dress po­ten­tial chal­lenges and im­ple­ment best prac­tices to en­sure smooth and se­cure elec­tions.

This co­op­er­a­tive ap­proach has been in­stru­men­tal in adapt­ing to new chal­lenges, such as those posed by for­eign ac­tors like Rus­sia and China who ac­tively seek to med­dle in our elec­tions, en­sur­ing that ev­ery el­i­gi­ble voter could safely and se­curely cast their bal­lot. In re­cent years, we have seen a con­certed ef­fort to spread mis­in­for­ma­tion about the election pro­cess. It is es­sen­tial that fel­low con­ser­va­tives and or­ga­ni­za­tions such as RightCount (of which we are co-chairs) work to counter these false nar­ra­tives with verifiable re­search, facts and trans­par­ency.

Penn­syl­va­nia’s elec­tion of­fi­cials have been pro­ac­tive in com­mu­ni­cat­ing to the pub­lic, provid­ing clear and ac­cu­rate in­for­ma­tion about the elec­tion pro­cess and ad­dress­ing le­git­i­mate con­cerns or mis­con­cep­tions. Threats di­rected at them or other pub­lic of­fi­cials en­trusted with up­hold­ing the rule of law are, to put it bluntly, un-Amer­i­can and should never be tolerated."