Re: “Could Canada provide a lesson in conducting federal elections?” (March 16, Opinion):
Hugh Spitzer’s op-ed suggesting that there needs to be a federally managed voting course of is an concept whose time has definitely come. Nonetheless, voting by residents shouldn’t be restricted in any method.
Maybe if each state and territory used the identical course of because the state of Washington, true equity may very well be achieved. Sure, the Structure would should be modified, however receiving ballots and voters’ pamphlets by mail and being able to mail in these ballots freed from cost is maybe the very best of all plans. Sure, care would should be taken to stop fraud, however, as conservative former Lawyer Common Invoice Barr has acknowledged, the fact is that there’s so little fraud at the moment that’s does little to have an effect on elections.
Wealthy Thomasy, Sammamish
