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We've Been Saving You a Seat Since 2020.
Last Thursday night, President Trump addressed the nation and announced the declassification of additional information related to the 2020 election.
For many Americans, it felt like a bombshell.
For those of us who’ve been living and breathing election integrity since 2020, it was more like...
“Wait... that’s the document everyone is just discovering?”
Don’t misunderstand me. I don’t say that to diminish the significance of the announcement.
Quite the opposite.
Sometimes the biggest story isn’t that new information has emerged.
Sometimes the biggest story is that people are finally willing to look at information that has been sitting in plain sight all along.
If last Thursday night felt like groundbreaking news to you, welcome to the conversation. We’ve been saving you a seat since 2020.
The Conversation Has Changed
Whether you agree with President Trump or not, one thing is undeniable:
Election integrity is back in the national conversation.
For years, many Americans who questioned election procedures, chain of custody, voter rolls, ballot handling, or transparency were dismissed before their questions were ever seriously considered.
Today, those same topics are being discussed from the White House to kitchen tables across America.
That’s a remarkable shift.
If you’ve been following this issue for the last five years, you may have experienced an unusual feeling Thursday night.
It’s called déjà vu.
Except instead of wondering whether you’ve lived this moment before, you’re wondering why it took half a decade for the conversation to catch up.
Who Gets to Decide What Americans See?
One aspect of last Thursday night’s address struck me almost as much as the information itself.
Many of the nation’s major television networks chose not to broadcast the President’s remarks live. Meanwhile, many of the same voices that declined to air the address continue to dismiss people like me with labels such as “election denier.”
Think about that for a moment.
Americans are frequently told there is “no evidence” worth discussing, yet when the President of the United States gives an address on the subject, many citizens aren’t even given the opportunity to hear it firsthand on the networks they’ve trusted for decades.
Whether someone ultimately agrees with President Trump or completely disagrees with him isn’t really the point.
Shouldn’t Americans be trusted to hear the information and evaluate it for themselves?
I’ve been called an “election denier” so many times that I’m half expecting it to show up on my Christmas cards.
The funny thing is, I’ve never denied that elections happen.
I’ve spent the last five years asking whether every part of the process deserves public confidence.
I’ve spent those years reviewing public records, organizing volunteers, knocking on doors, documenting findings, and asking questions that any healthy constitutional republic should welcome.
Questioning government processes isn’t a threat to democracy.
It’s one of the responsibilities of citizenship.
“Where’s the Proof?”
Every time election integrity returns to the headlines, someone inevitably asks:
“Where’s the proof?”
It’s a fair question.
At this point, I almost want to respond,
“How much time do you have?”
Because after five years of investigations, public records requests, lawsuits, legislative hearings, volunteer efforts, and thousands upon thousands of doors knocked across Pennsylvania, this isn’t exactly a two-slide PowerPoint presentation anymore.
At Audit The Vote PA, we didn’t spend years chasing headlines.
We spent years collecting data.
Our statewide canvassing effort is arguably the largest investigative election canvassing project ever conducted regarding the 2020 election.
Thousands of volunteers visited homes across the Commonwealth and compared what voters told us with publicly available election records.
Contrary to popular belief, our volunteers didn’t spend months wandering Pennsylvania looking for bamboo fibers with flashlights.
They did something far less exciting—and far more valuable.
They knocked on doors.
They talked to real voters.
They documented real responses.
Turns out democracy involves a lot more comfortable shoes than conspiracy theories.
Did our canvassing answer every question?
No.
Did it raise questions worthy of further investigation?
Absolutely.
Whether someone ultimately agrees with every conclusion or not, dismissing years of documented field work without ever examining it does a disservice to the investigative process itself.
If you’ve never reviewed our findings, I encourage you to do so.
The data has always been available.
The question is whether people are finally willing to look.
Accountability Requires Participation
One lesson I’ve learned through this journey is that accountability doesn’t happen by accident.
It happens because ordinary people stay engaged.
They volunteer.
They ask questions.
They observe.
They document.
And yes...
They vote.
Ironically, one of the saddest responses I’ve heard over the past five years is, “I’m never voting again.”
I understand the frustration.
But I believe that’s exactly the wrong conclusion.
Every election creates another opportunity to collect data.
Every election allows citizens to observe the process.
Every election gives us another chance to compare procedures, identify trends, and continue strengthening transparency.
If good people stop participating, we lose one of the greatest tools we have for accountability.
The Work Continues
I don’t know what additional information may come from these recent declassification efforts.
Time will tell.
What I do know is this:
No press conference replaces years of investigative work.
No headline finishes the job.
The work of election integrity isn’t glamorous.
Nobody has ever walked up to me and said,
“I hear you spent your Saturday comparing voter records... tell me everything.”
But that’s how accountability works.
One record.
One conversation.
One volunteer.
One citizen.
One election at a time.
Stay Engaged
If last week’s events renewed your interest in election integrity, don’t let it end with watching a speech or sharing a social media post.
Read the documents.
Ask questions.
Examine the evidence.
Review our statewide canvassing results.
Volunteer in your community.
Become a poll watcher.
Learn how elections are conducted in your county.
And above all...
Keep voting.
Because every election gives us another opportunity to pursue transparency, strengthen public confidence, and preserve the integrity of our republic.
For five years, I’ve watched thousands of ordinary Americans give their evenings, weekends, and vacations to this cause—not because it was easy, and certainly not because it was popular.
They did it because they believed that truth matters.
So, if you’re just joining the conversation...
Welcome.
We’re glad you’re here.
Now let’s get to work.
As I’ve often reminded myself throughout this journey:
Duty is ours. Results are God’s.
