Letter to the editor: Mail-in voting good enough for Trump

Kudos to Commissioner Doug Chew. When I saw the headline “Westmoreland commissioner says county voters want end to no-excuse mail-in ballots, another disputes that” (March 23, TribLIVE), I wrote a blunt, acerbic email to the commissioner that emphatically indicated that I wanted to retain the mail-in ballot option. The commissioner graciously sent a follow-up email reply with an attachment of his testimony before the Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform.

I generally agree with Chew’s proposed changes to current voting practices as expressed in his testimony. He emphasizes continuing voter education, and I hope he follows through on this initiative. Coaching for trivial matters like signing and dating mail-in ballots should be beneath us, but apparently not. I also support whatever anti-fraud measures are deemed reasonable for improving election security. If these measures allow battalions of poll watchers and signature reviewers, so be it. I want everyone to walk away from an election thinking “no stone has been left unturned.” The perpetual insinuations of the “big lie” cohort will have nothing to stand on.

Having once tasted the 21st century, I have no desire to head back to the 20th century. A county and region that supposedly want to embrace economic development and progress should be of like mind.

I will leave you with the following: If that champion of the common man, Donald Trump, with the resources of the presidential office (which he took every opportunity to exhibit) utilized mail-in voting, then it is good enough for me in my considerably humbler circumstances.

James Kvitkovich

Hempfield