To the editor:
I am always baffled by the arguments regarding ID and voting.
I just can't make a logical connection why a qualified voter would be deterred.
You can't get a job, open a bank account, write a check, rent an apartment, get insurance, obtain a credit or debit card, travel out of the country, or a hundred other things that we do daily without ID. So outside of a recluse completely off the grid, everyone has ID and uses it constantly.
Every argument against IDs lauds the sanctity and importance of voting but doesn't seem to have much respect for the integrity.
Do you refuse to produce ID when you write a check or charge purchases?
Do you refuse a bartender when you want a drink? How about when asked by the police? Of course not.
Why is this such a burden? It isn't.
It sure looks like a made-up problem. It benefits someone. Ask yourself who and how.
Michael Gorman, Glendale
