In Mastriano's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a chilling template for future races

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Even after President Biden took the oath of office, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor continued his efforts to invalidate the results.

by The Editorial Board
Updated 3 hours ago

As Election Day approaches, voters need to know what Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano did to overturn the 2020 election and how he plans to tilt the results in future races.

Mastriano’s relentless efforts to thwart the results of the 2020 presidential election, spread Donald Trump’s election lies, and suppress votes in future elections amounts to a 10-alarm fire for anyone who believes in a functioning democracy.

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If elected governor, Mastriano boasted about how he plans to interfere with election outcomes if he doesn’t get the results he wants. Mastriano said he would get to “appoint the secretary of state, who’s delegated from me the power to make the corrections to elections, the voting logs, and everything.” He added: “I could decertify every machine in the state with the, you know, with the stroke of a pen.”

Pennsylvania does not need election-denying conspiracy theorists deciding the outcome of elections with the stroke of a pen.

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[Quakerfriend]

1. I hope he'll be arrested for his efforts &

never eligible to seek office again.