A better way to vote for many

President Donald Trump is attempting to suppress the vote.

Mail-in voting is a far better way to vote, in my opinion. This method enables more people to vote, including older or sick citizens who have trouble getting to polls and people who work at hours that don’t allow them to get to polls.

The voter-suppression tactics of reducing the number and or location of polls or restrictive poll closing times is eliminated.

Exposure of voters to severe weather conditions or to a virus, forced to wait in long lines with little or no social distancing, is no longer a factor.

Voters have more time, with ballots mailed to them in advance, to closely scrutinize selections and make more-informed decisions.

Mr. Trump’s strong stance on condemning this method of voting is a clear attempt to obstruct our right to vote, which he believes will benefit his political future. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t, but the point is Americans have the right to vote and this, it seems to me, is a much better way to get a more comprehensive and informed public to safely participate. That is in our best interest and what our governmental leaders should be promoting.

DAVID TURNER

North Fayette the virus. Further, these totals do not include the huge loss in the U.S. GDP, which many economists predict will be at an annual rate of 30% by the end of the second quarter. These numbers are especially eye-opening considering one-third of all COVID-19 deaths nationwide (and two-thirds of Pennsylvania COVID-19 deaths!) are nursing home residents or workers.

Most people are afraid of COVID-19 for two reasons: contracting the virus and the economic impact of the virus. However, the numbers show that we are far more likely to have been — and continue to be — hurt by the economic impact from the virus (e.g., permanent loss of jobs, permanent closings of businesses) than we are by the virus itself.

JOHN WEISS Ross