Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Ranked choice leavesvotes on the tableRe: “Ranked choice could shake up state elections” (Page A6, July 17).
Any polling that shows strong support for ranked choice voting must be a poll of political insiders who know how to use the system to their advantage.Related ArticlesLetters: San Jose still isn’t engaging on animal welfare at shelterLetters: Politicians’ op-ed dodges state’s role in insurance messLetters: The wealthy have a hole in their lives that can’t be filledLetters: Instead of hysterics, let’s focus on migrantsLetters: Accountability, compassion keys to state’s homeless agencyEvery person I have spoken with hates ranked choice voting because they find it confusing and worry that their vote won’t be counted if they make a mistake. In fact, ranked choice voting does cause many votes to go uncounted.
Dennis MockelOaklandImmigration crackdownshatters a familyMy granddaughter, Sarah, just graduated from high school. She’s a good student, raised by two “mothers” who have given her a bright future. When Sarah was a toddler, her mother worked in a local school.
“Maria” was hired as a nanny-caretaker. She became Sarah’s second mother. After Sarah started school, Maria continued visiting weekly, as a job, to houseclean for my daughter.
She also visited on holidays, not as a job, but as a family member.Today, Maria stays in her apartment, afraid to drive to houseclean.
