Gov. Mike DeWine on contested presidential election: ‘The system works’
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
President Donald Trump stands with Gov. Mike DeWine as DeWine speaks during a Trump rally at Cleveland s IX Center in November 2018. (Carolyn Kaster, Associated Press)AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he views President Donald Trump’s unprecedented efforts to overturn the results of the November election not as a sign of the fraying of the American system, but as evidence that the system is working exactly as it was designed.
“If they want to write that fantasy, I think it’s a fantasy story,” DeWine said Wednesday when he was asked whether history might depict the most recent election as a sign of American democracy’s weakness. “I don’t think we came anything close to anything other than following the system and, you know, the system worked.”
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All 538 members of the Electoral College are voting across the country today, including the 18 electors in Ohio.
It’s a process described in law and with lots of formality, but little suspense. Ohio s 18 electors were pledged to President Donald Trump.
So when Ohio campaign adviser Bob Paduchik, the chair of the state’s 55th Electoral College, announced the unanimous vote to the electors and observers in the Ohio Senate chambers, it was not a shock.
(All of those in the chamber wore masks and were seated far apart.)
Trump won Ohio by a little over 8 points. The pandemic and record turnout made this election challenging for elections officials, poll workers and voters, said Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose.
It’s a process described in law and with lots of formality, but little suspense.
President Donald Trump’s Ohio campaign adviser Bob Paduchik was named the chair of the state’s 55th electoral college. He announced the unanimous vote to the electors and observers in the Ohio Senate chambers – all of whom wore masks and were seated far apart.
Trump won Ohio by a little over 8 points. The pandemic and record turnout made this election challenging for elections officials, poll workers and voters, said Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose.
“Working together, we were able to accomplish something that many thought was impossible – the most difficult election of our lifetime. It’s not hyperbole to say the 2020 was perhaps the most difficult election ever conducted in the state of Ohio.”
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