Dude? This is insane. Where do we begin? 2020 simply needs to go away. The Presidential Election is another trending mess. You seriously can’t make any of this up sports fans. My head hurts.

I am seeing a lot of people question every ballot in the beautiful state of Pennsylvania. Whether it be an in person, absentee or a mail-in — the entire voting realm of 2020 is extremely complicated. Several are calling it fraud. Others simply don’t understand how the system works. Here is my take.

The PA State Supreme Court decided to move the deadline for all mail-in votes from Election Day to November 6th. This is what’s causing the major gripes and concerns. We are seeing several states change. As long as these votes were postmarked by November 3rd, they would count. There was a lot of blue and red tape on this issue. The Republican Party asked the Supreme Court to intervene. Oh no. The State instructed all counties to segregate ballots received after Election Day. Republicans said that some counties do not have the ability to separate ballots properly. Democrats pointed fingers too. The conspiracies then started. Cry me a river.

I have little to no say in what went down, but I am very concerned about what is going on. I see division everywhere. Even here in the 570. Not good kids. I don’t understand all of the hatred either. We need to find a better way. This is embarrassing. Look I am an INDEPENDENT. A tree-loving, transcendentalist, who votes for the very best candidate. I am not allowed to participate in most primaries and my third-party candidates never win. But I am not affiliated with anyone.

Regardless of who wins, let’s find a way to move on. Stop with the madness. Eliminate the division. We need more LOVE. Whether it’s TRUMP or BIDEN, your neighbors will still be your neighbors. These politicians won’t be the ones ringing up your groceries. Neither will they be tuning up your car. They won’t be fixing your toilets. Your neighbors will.

Both Trump and Biden will continue to live in their luxurious political world. We will be in ours. Here in Lycoming County. Doing the best to survive. We will continue to live together, work together, learn together, laugh together, shop together, cry together, eat together, worship together, and pump our gas right next to each other. We THE PEOPLE make AMERICA great. We are the most decent, loving, and compassionate beings in the galaxy. I personally don’t care who you voted for but remember that we are the ones who shape our communities. Not our elected officials.

God bless AMERICA. Cheers.