To the editor: If the U.S. Structure provides the fitting to vote to each citizen over 18 years of age, then states want to ensure that each citizen can train that proper. Which means they have to be sure that each citizen can get hold of paperwork required to show they’ve the fitting to vote. (“Kansas as soon as required voters to show citizenship. That didn’t work out so nicely,” Dec. 29)
Acquiring delivery certificates or naturalization papers — and the associated fee to journey to acquire these paperwork — should not be a barrier. It’s the state’s accountability to ensure that this course of works each time. In any other case, we merely have Jim Crow legal guidelines of a brand new coloration.
The states should additionally present an appeals course of for rapid decision when paperwork are deemed unacceptable. Stopping residents from voting is clearly a much bigger drawback than noncitizens registering to vote.
Marvin Gordon, Laguna Seashore
