Montco officials unveil new efforts to provide election security

Officials in Montgomery County have unveiled new tools that, they said, they hope to use to ensure the upcoming election is "fair and safe."

According to a statement from the office of District Attorney Kevin Steele, the county has established an Election Day Tip Line -- which is available at 610-292-2024 -- to allow voters to report any suspicious activity around the ballot drop boxes, at polls on Election Day or threats to election and public officials.

“To anyone thinking about disrupting this election in any way, I’m here to tell you that my office, the Montgomery County Detective Bureau and the entire Montgomery County law enforcement community, is standing together to make sure that we have a fair and safe election, not only on Nov. 5th, but also in the next 50 days leading up to it,” said Steele in a statement. “We will not tolerate abuse of public officials, threats to election officials or abuse of individuals helping out at the drop box locations. Period.”

Officials said that anyone who has concerns of "something of an exigent nature related to the drop boxes such as someone attempting to break into a ballot drop box, vandalizing or damaging a drop box or otherwise doing something criminal, they should immediately call 911, then report it to the Election Tip Line of 610-292-2024."



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