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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When I was a little kid I remember my uncle solemnly proclaiming “ignorance of the law is no excuse”...
I started to wonder where or how is that codified? What law says you must know all laws? How can you follow a law that you don’t know was ever passed?
How the hell can it NOT be an excuse when even politicians themselves don’t know what the damn laws are???
The transcription is fine. You altered the punctuation from the source. As originally written, it’s a clear expression using a filler word, “like.” I was a court reporter for ten years.
Double check your commas and periods...
Apparently it doesn’t . Otherwise a DA would have agreed with you
“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.”
A spokesperson for the district attorney in York County, where Wolf and his wife reside, declined to tell Spotlight PA if it was investigating the incident or whether it had received any formal complaints about Wolf.
Our dear commissars are very "large"...
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