Jay Schneider, a nearly lifelong Chester County resident, harbored some suspicions about the 2020 election, but training to become a judge of elections helped to clear all of them, writes Carter Walker of Votebeat for inForney. 

“To be honest, when the 2020 election came around I was thinking, ‘This seems a little sketchy, what’s been going on. There’s some shenanigans going around and around the country,’” he said. He was questioning things when he received too many ballots in the mail.

Schneider, who lives in Downingtown, was first asked to help out by the judge of elections at his township polling place in 2022. The 71-year-old accepted readily. All he had to do was check a few people in and provide them with their ballots. If there was a problem, he would call over the judge of elections to deal with it. 

But for the November election, Schneider was the one dealing with a problem. He was asked by the elected judge in Caln Township to take over after health problems caused him to give up the role. 

Taking on the role forced Schneider to go through a comprehensive training that showed him the entire process from the inside. Now, he feels confident that it was impossible to implement the major fraud that was so widely discussed in 2020. 

“After seeing how things work, at least in this county at the polling places, and seeing [central count], that’s really locked down,” he said. 

Read more about Jay Schneider becoming judge of elections in inForney. 

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