To the editor: George Skelton’s column on President Trump’s mail‑voting order is well timed, however it misses a elementary level (“California’s fight against Trump’s unhinged war on voting by mail,” Aug. 31). This isn’t nearly election interference — it’s a direct assault on the civil rights framework established after the Civil Warfare. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 14th and fifteenth amendments and the very ideas upon which this nation was based stand in protection of the Structure and the suitable of each citizen to vote.
As a naturalized citizen who has lived in California for 28 years and been a U.S. citizen for 22 years, I do know what it means to have rights that should be defended. Trump’s govt order is a probable illegal try and bypass Congress and the Structure. The identical logic that justifies attacking mail voting is the logic that justifies dismantling assist for immigrant households and demonizing complete communities. We can not permit this administration to erode the foundations of our democracy.
Antonio P. Sanchez, Los Angeles
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To the editor: I’ve voted by mail numerous instances, most not too long ago within the Kansas main. Nevertheless, no matter how the Supreme Court docket decides on the latest govt order, I not belief the U.S. Postal Service to ship all ballots, and I cannot vote by mail on this November’s basic election. I’ll vote in particular person on the polling web site, put my poll in a drop field or take it to the election workplace. I like to recommend that everybody else do the identical if they’ll.
James Morton, Overland Park, Kansas
