Letter to the editor: No reason to fear mail-in ballots

Letter-writer Dave Majernik (“Beware of mail-in ballots”) fails to point out that the large mail-in ballot response was most likely because of the global pandemic. People of all political parties, or no party, may have been reluctant, as I was, to vote in person because of that.

People aren’t “too lazy” to vote in person; many are working shifts outside of the short window on Election Day.

Applying for a mail-in ballot is easy, but applicants must provide a driver’s license, state ID or the last four digits of their Social Security number to prevent “cheating.” Registered voters can apply online at VotesPA.com.

Registered voters of all viewpoints can use mail-in ballots with confidence. A unique bar code is generated for each mail-in ballot. This bar code is scanned when the ballot is sent out and upon return to the election board, and it is locked up until Election Day morning. At that time, it is scanned at several different stations when it is opened and the voter’s selections recorded.

And lest we forget, the mail-in ballot expansion was part of the Act 77 voting reforms passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature in 2019.

Eileen Elicker

Washington Township