By Blake Haas
BLOOMINGTON – When it comes down to the Presidential election, less than a week away, one Central Illinois Congressman says he thinks the United States will know the results on election day.
Speaking with WJBC’s Scott Miller, U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap), who also serves as co-chair of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in Illinois, says the results depend on election systems across the state.
“I hope so. That’s the goal. I think a lot of people are working very hard to make that happen. But it’s important that we have a fair and secure election. Listen, we have 50 different election systems across 50 different states, so it’s hard to determine that in other states. I will tell you this, in Illinois, I have confidence in our election commission, in our state how we run things.”
So far, 61 million people have voted in the general election.
“This will be the sixth cycle that we’ve done absentee voting. We do early voting in Illinois. There’s a huge amount of people that have already voted. We will know those tabulations on the election night. I’m confident in Illinois that we’ll know who won the state and the different races that are at stake in our country.”
LaHood said the problem lies with states like California and Colorado that have ballot harvesting.
“It’s hard to tell, and you gotta make sure that we have people in place that are monitoring watching, so there is no fraud or people taking advantage of the system.”
In Illinois, ballot harvesting is illegal. However, ballot harvesting is legal in California.
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