Getting voters out is the real problem

May 8, 2008

The writers of the letters supporting voter identification requirements fail to realize that this is a fix for a problem that really doesn't exist ("ID rule protects integrity of vote," May 5).

The biggest problem is getting people to vote, not voter fraud. Indeed, in my 61 years, I've never heard, seen or read about one case of voter fraud at the polls.

The purpose of requiring voter identification is mainly to deny the right to vote for those who are poor, those who don't have driver's licenses and those who deal exclusively in cash.

That is the real threat to democracy.

Jay Ziegler

Catonsville

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Getting voters out is the real problem

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