CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Governor Pritzker is reassuring Illinois voters that President Trump’s warnings about possible election fraud are baseless when it comes to mail balloting, especially in this state.
President Trump has been talking up his suspicions that mail-in balloting in the upcoming presidential election will be riddled with fraud. But, Governor Pritzker shrugs such allegations off.
"We've had vote by mail in Illinois for some number of years, so I think there is a reasonable high confidence level. People who have done it, have done so successfully. We have not had situations of voter fraud in Illinois caused by vote by mail," Pritzker said.
What does worry the Governor is the President urging his supporters to show up at the polls to—in his words—watch very carefully. He said election judges and poll watchers are needed and welcome. But he said if they try to disrupt the balloting, they will be held accountable.
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Pritzker said there’s special attention to security this year.
"It's very important for us to have these activities going on, but those who try to disrupt the vote, they will be held accountable for their actions and we will not let that interfere with voting on Election Day or in the 45 days, roughly, before Election Day," he said.
And the Governor said he was very concerned that the President also refused to condemn white supremacists. He was troubled by many of the president's remarks during the first presidential debate.