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Letters

Feb. 23, 2008

Voter Identification Prevents Fraud

I do not believe that conscientious citizens will mind in the least being required to show identification before being allowed to vote.

This is in regard to the Forum article ("The Real Fraud," Feb. 11, 2008) wherein the writer asserted that voters should not be required to produce identification in order to cast a ballot. I disagree.

I've been a poll worker in Orange County for several years. It has been my experience that half the voters either have identification in their hand or are reaching for their wallet or purse to get their identification as they come to the poll workers' table to check in. Most vote...

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