A Sunni voting model
Re “Sunnis Call for Delay in Charter,” Aug. 22
American voters should take heed of the message that goes with abstaining from voting, as the Sunnis did in Iraq. The Sunnis didn’t go to the polls and now have an uphill battle for representation. With our low voter turnout and the silly excuses that “my vote won’t make a difference” or “they’re all crooks anyhow,” neither of which is true, we place ourselves in the same position as the Sunnis at each of our elections.
The difference is mainly that we can’t be identified as a bloc of voters as easily as the Sunnis. Their danger in elections is the same as ours: passivity as a form of protest.
DEBB N. BRYAN
Los Angeles
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