Voting by Mail

Paul Gronke makes several worthwhile points in his Oct. 16 commentary on the trend toward mail-in voting (“Electing to Change How We Vote”), but he downplays the most important aspect of the practice: accuracy. Given the growing encroachment of electronic touch-screen voting -- with its many documented security flaws -- and the continuing fallout from not only the 2000 election but several 2002 races as well, the accuracy of vote-counting must be held as the fundamental criterion in weighing competing voting systems. I’ve never voted by mail in my life, but the option is looking pretty good right now.

Chris Green

Culver City