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Al Schmidt: “An executive order is not the law. It is our laws that…”

Featuring: Al Schmidt, Republican | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Secretary Al Schmidt talks primary, Trump election efforts

Published | Video Starts at 11:13

Have you run into any issues at this point with the post office in terms of getting mail in ballots, where they are directed to go? We have not in this primary. But please remember, An executive order is not the law. It is our laws that govern how elections are conducted in our country and in our commonwealth. So that executive order has no bearing on any of that whatsoever in this primary. (11:13–11:25)

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Asserts that executive orders do not govern election conduct; laws do.

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