To the editor: Two-thirds of California voters in a current ballot imagine American democracy is underneath assault (“Californians say democracy is in peril, state ought to enact voting rights protections, ballot reveals,” April 2). Amid relentless assaults on our voting rights on the federal degree by the hands of President Trump — together with efforts to impose strict voter ID legal guidelines, require proof of citizenship and, as not too long ago as this week, prohibit mail-in voting — the combat for voting rights is shifting decisively to the states. Entry to the poll and the integrity of our elections are more and more in danger, and on this midterm yr, California should be ready.
Listen: These measures will not be summary coverage debates. They’re direct threats to our democracy. The precise to vote ought to stay sacrosanct, not a partisan difficulty illustrated in a ballot.
California has lengthy set the usual for safeguarding voter entry. If we fail to take significant motion, we open the door to the erosion of our elementary rules.
In spite of everything, as California goes, so goes the nation.
Lana Abbasi, Riverside
