Policy Doesn’t Have His Vote

* The article on June 30, “1 in 5 Names Culled From O.C. Voter List,” scared me. I didn’t get to vote in the primary, but I thought it was because when I moved I registered at the DMV. Now I’m not so sure.

I’m a small-business owner and the only employee of the business. Many small-business owners like myself can’t afford to take time off to serve on a jury.

On the other hand, we do pay taxes. Why should we, if we can’t vote for the people who represent us in Sacramento and Washington? If we are removed because we can’t serve on a jury, the state should be liable for violating our rights under the Constitution.

What about the DMV? The representative of the registrar’s office I spoke to claimed not to know about the policy described in your article and said I was still registered at my old address. He said the DMV “failed” me.

There is no reason why my registration should be lost by the DMV. We pay taxes to them too. Doesn’t the registrar of voters oversee the implementation of the “motor voter” bill?

Either way, I think that it’s a shame that I couldn’t vote. With attack ads by candidates, scandals about our elected officials, and general apathy toward the process driving down the voter turnout, it seems to me that we have a responsibility to make it more appealing to vote, if not easier.

The alternative might allow organized minorities to control the election process.

RON KEMP

Fullerton