Idaho protects votes

I thank God and the Idaho Legislature for making sure that votes cast in this state are valid. People throughout our United States are required to present valid identification for many transactions on a daily basis, and most don’t think a thing about it. Surely, presenting proper identification at the polling place is as routine as acquiring a library card or receiving a prescription at the drugstore. Voter identification is only necessary once or twice a year.

There was rampant voter fraud alleged in several locations in this country, including Seattle and Florida, in the last major elections.

To state that identification requirement at the voting place is a hardship is ludicrous in the extreme.

It is a privilege and a duty to vote in the country. Making sure that a vote is valid is essential to our continued liberty.

Those in this country who would allow voting to anyone appearing at a voting place are inviting fraud and deception. Obviously, voter disenfranchisement is to be avoided, but to allow illegal votes is to cheat the legitimate citizens who vote.

Ralph Klein

Sandpoint