Former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta and former Gov. Mark Schweiker are leading the 'RightCount' group.
A Republican-led effort to boost confidence in battleground state elections recently launched in Pennsylvania, which became a hotbed of election denial in 2020 and where officials say new rules can help restore trust among skeptical GOP voters as Election Day approaches., a nonprofit aiming to educate voters and defend election workers and officials in hopes of bolstering confidence in the Keystone State’s electoral process.
“There will be more eyes on the election and more ears on the ground, so people should not give up,” said Barletta, who expressed concern that some voters who distrust elections would simply stay home on Nov. 5. “To put it in a baseball perspective, you can’t hit a home run if you’re afraid to go to the plate.”
Biden received 1.4 million more mail-in ballots than Trump in 2020. But the GOP hopes to reverse its fortunes this time around, with the party and its allies pledging earlier this year to raise at least $10 million in Pennsylvania to get out the vote, including through early voting and mail-in and absentee ballots.Former Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker in 2021. He's now working with a nonprofit group sowing election confidence.
Barletta, who noted that he’s been on both the winning and losing sides of statewide elections, cited “more safeguards in place to protect the integrity of the election” this year, including cameras on “all ballot boxes that will be monitored closely,” first-time voters needing to show an ID such as a driver’s license, and “rigorous training for election workers who will be working the polls.”
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