The Issue: Whether voters should be required to show identification before casting their votes.
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New York voters are going to be turned off of the presidential election in droves with the redistricting and closure of many voting centers due to there being no wheelchair access (“Dead Voters & a Dying Democracy,” Glenn Harlan Reynolds, PostOpinion, Aug. 28).
If Reynolds thinks our voting system is “Third World” now, wait until he hears the collective gripes after November.
Since when is being required to show ID when voting a bad idea?
If voting is a cherished benefit to ensure an equitable election, no one should object to showing a valid ID.
Ray Hackinson
Ozone Park
If the United States were serious about this, it would use the French system.
There are no offensive photo ID requirements, but voters must register locally and within a specific timeframe.
No one in France is calling for voter IDs, and there are plenty of non-citizens that participate in the elections.
The elitist American “Fright” Wing has to make a problem that doesn’t exist.
Do they assert that voter fraud is why Republicans took the House in 2010? Is that the problem we are trying to avoid?
How is it that voter fraud only seems to help Democrats, except when Republicans win?
Michael Lindley
Paris