East Montgomery Times

Montgomery County Commissioner Vice-chair of the election board Joe Gale has said he will be voting against certifying the Nov. 3 election results.

“Due to widely publicized irregularities, ongoing litigation and the massive number of mail-in ballots which were not subject to signature or postmark verification, and are vastly more prone to voter fraud, I refused to sign-off on Montgomery County’s unofficial general election results,” Gale said in a statement. “Next week, I will be opposing certification of the official results.”  

Gale voted against certifying the June primary election results as well, calling the election "a complete mess with wrong ballots being mailed to the wrong voters." 

Gale said he encouraged voters to cast ballots in person all year long to avoid problems with mail-in ballots. He also called Act 77 an "act of sabotage against President Trump." 

"Unfortunately, Republicans in the Pennsylvania State House and State Senate joined with Democrat Governor Wolf to pass Act 77 (PA's mail-in voting law) which allows for 50 days of no excuse mail-in voting and pave the way for the ballot counting fiasco we are currently enduring."