A Brief Vacation, Please, From Preelection Hype

I received my absentee ballot. I have voted on my choice for president, local Assembly member and the initiatives, yet the section that bothers me is the judicial. Why should anybody vote for the judicial offices? I have never received any information on them, I have no idea of their party affiliations, beliefs, stands, nada. What choice is there in voting for a judge who has not campaigned and will decide many matters more vital than even the president will on a day-to-day basis. Should I remember the name of the judge who rules against my traffic citation the next time I am in court, or should I make the logical decision and not vote?

Julian Camacho

Whittier

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I have been a clerk at a voting poll for the last two presidential elections. My poll is in Tarzana, an affluent area. Most of the people who live here are college graduates. So what is the problem? Less than half of the residents voted in the past elections. This is the national average. We are sending our soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan to give those people the right to vote; and here in the U.S. less than half of our people vote.

For shame!

Phyllis Lipman

Tarzana

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I think that there should’ve been one more initiative on the ballot this year. One that gives us a “reprieve” from all the political rhetoric. There should be a two-week moratorium on campaigning, beginning, at the very least, two weeks prior to any political election. With all the speeches, debates, ads, lies, truths, etc., we need to recuperate and assimilate. Enough is enough. My head is still spinning.

Martha Peacock

Marina del Rey