This letter is a follow-up to Joe Moore’s May 5 op-ed regarding the Voter ID for ME proposal created by the conservative PAC The Dinner Table. This proposal will likely be put to the voters in the November election. It is critical that voters understand several things.

• Most importantly, there is negligible voter fraud in Maine. According to the conservative Heritage Foundation, there have been two voter fraud cases in Maine in the last 42 years. Go to the Heritage Foundation site and look at its interactive voter fraud map to verify this.

• Proof of identity and residency are already required when registering to vote. Is this Voter ID for ME referendum, changing current, effective voter laws, really necessary? What is the agenda of the people sponsoring it? The answer to question one is “no,” the Voter ID for ME proposal, which changes voting laws, is unnecessary. The answer to question two is that the desired outcome of changing the current voting laws is to restrict certain people from voting.

So, let’s give this proposed change to voter laws the accurate name it deserves so people will be clear as to what they are voting for. Here are some appropriate possibilities: Let’s Make It Harder to Vote Law; Voter Restriction Law; Attempt to Skew Elections Law; Voter Elimination Law; or the Voter Reduction Law.

We need to know exactly what we are voting for, who is behind law proposals, and not be fooled by deceptive names.

Missy Hall
Brunswick