To the editor: Columnist George Skelton appropriately criticizes the language on the voter info information that states the recipients ought to vote instantly when there are 14 state measures to contemplate (“Take a breath. Educate yourself. Then vote,” Oct. 12). There are also eight metropolis and two county measures on the L.A. poll.
All these measures beg the query: Why should voters resolve, significantly about funding measures? As I perceive it, bond measures are required by the state Structure to be submitted to voters. Because the progressive revolt towards the affect of the railroads within the early twentieth century, now we have had the initiatives, referenda and remembers.
However aren’t we a consultant democracy? Shouldn’t our representatives, who’re supposedly charged with making choices on our behalf, be making these choices, significantly concerning bond and tax funding? The frequent voter is just not educated sufficient to make these choices.
It would take constitutional amendments to alter the decision-making course of on measures, but it surely needs to be value wanting into sooner or later.
Bob Ladendorf, Los Angeles
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To the editor: A rush to judgment will be silly; throughout a disaster, ready too lengthy can have dire penalties. Democracy is at stake on this nation. A person with unfettered political energy spouts false accusations that threaten our voting rights.
California is sounding the alarm with a name to motion. Within the 2026 midterm election, defending the fitting to vote is a high precedence. Apart from studying the professionals and cons for each proposition and candidate, residents must resolve probably the most dependable approach to shield their poll.
An enormous voter turnout and early voting outcomes are the easiest way to refute the predictable claims of fraud and misdeed already being made by the few individuals with energy and cash.
Mary Rider, Idyllwild
