As Leonard Pitts’ wrote July 19 in “Get serious about voter suppression,” “this one is (also) for Mike.”
A dedicated voter with years of service in defense of the U.S. Constitution and its principles of government, I value that my votes count in full measure, not watered down by illegal votes. The Constitution requires such.
Pitts’ argument that, having to register beforehand and provide an acceptable photo ID at the polls risks voter suppression, totally disregards the responsibility of government to ensure the integrity of all votes. Getting a photo ID acceptable for voting purposes is simply not the insurmountable task Pitts claims it to be.
Of greater concern is the voter suppression occurring when government fails to provide absentee ballots to legitimate voters, especially servicemen residing abroad, in time to receive them back and be counted in an election. Pitts conveniently ignores that issue.
Could it be that, in Pitts’ opinion, voter suppression depends upon which way voters can be expected to vote? Surely it can’t be race, since so many of our servicemen eligible to vote are African-Americans or members of other ethnic minorities.
Peter Cipolloso, Oxford
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