Why are we still talking about voting right now?

“Nothing wrong with asking for identification” (July 11): This writer’s letter actually points out exactly what’s wrong with requiring identification to vote.

All of the activities that he listed — getting into Costco, buying things at stores, cashing checks at a bank — all imply socioeconomic means that many economically disadvantaged, young or elderly people don’t have easy access to. But there is one thing that they do have, along with all other citizens, which is the right to vote. Pam Benham

Point Loma

I have noticed a pattern in those defending the many voting restriction laws being proposed or passed since the last election. Out of the many complex new rules they have cherry-picked the least objectionable: voter ID.

With either deliberate obfuscation or willful ignorance, they refuse to acknowledge the many provisions that could make voting more difficult. Provisions like limited access to ballot drop boxes, shortened windows to request or deliver absentee ballots, difficulty in remaining on absentee voter lists, limited or restricted early voting days and/or hours, reduced polling place availability or hours, and purges of voting rolls that risk faulty removal of voters, among many others.

We just had a record voter turnout that was certified fair and honest, so it makes one wonder why these laws are suddenly needed.

Susan Schock Mira Mesa