Re: Dan Walters’ Aug. 22 commentary, “Will measure help California decide next president?�:
Kudos to Walters for highlighting this attempt to hijack California’s position as the leader in Electoral College votes. Rather than nominate a candidate acceptable to the majority of California voters, the national Republican Party has decided to try to divide our state into what would effectively be two smaller states.
California voters have never shied away from candidates merely because of their political party. Witness the fact that three of our last four governors have been Republicans. Rather, we have shown an inclination to oppose candidates whose platform consists of nothing more than pandering to the wealthy and politically powerful while preying on the prejudices of the gullible.
Regardless of whatever pretty name might eventually become attached to such a ballot measure — “Voter Fairness Act� or “Minority Enfranchise Enhancement� — it remains a ploy for political power by folks who care nothing for fairness. For proof, consider that no such ballot measure is being proposed in dependable red states like Texas and Florida.
— Jim Woodson, Oak View
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