Poll Guard Suit Will Encourage Latinos to Vote

This is in reference to “U.S. Judges Restore Suit Accusing State GOP of Poll Guard Conspiracy” (July 27) that reported: “In a unanimous decision released Thursday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that a trial must be held to determine whether the state GOP conspired with Orange County officials to scare minority voters away from the polls.”

This change of events will bring back some of the faith lost in our political system here in the city of Santa Ana where the Republican Party violated the civil rights of Latinos who make up more than 65% of its population.

The court also said that “on Election Day, the Orange County registrar of voters and other members of the state GOP called (William) Godfrey, an attorney, to request that the poll guards be removed, and that Godfrey then allegedly instructed the guards to doff their uniforms, change into street clothes and return to the polls.”

These new findings by the Court of Appeals means that Latinos will now be more encouraged to register to vote and to participate in our electoral system. It is imperative that all citizens take serious notice that voting is as sacred as prayer to those who believe in God. The Republican Party should never be allowed to intimidate anyone at the polls, never again.

JAIME B. VEGA, Santa Ana