Letter: Faith in elections must be restored

Published 11:33 am Monday, May 16, 2022

Former President Obama made intriguing remarks recently: 40% of Americans believe the 2020 election was rigged. A recent Rasmussen Reports survey found that 52% of voters believe “cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.”

Peninsula residents recently voted on a school bond. As a member of the committee who drafted the “against” statement in the voters’ pamphlet I interacted with several hundred voters. Some voters were questioning if the school bond voting process would/could be rigged. Wow! Too many Americans have lost faith in our election processes.

Americans are not required to accept “the official narrative” when their own eyes, ears and common sense tell them otherwise. Politicians and bureaucrats are obligated to restore our faith. They need to make every effort to convince the doubters that Joe Biden was legitimately elected.

Americans must have faith in our election processes. Yet, 18 months later, some of us have more doubts than ever.

DIANE L. GRUBER

Oysterville