Letter of the Day (Feb. 17): Voter ID

February 17, 2012 at 1:08AM
Cindy Westrup put up signs to lead caucus goers to the right places at the Republican precinct caucuses in Stillwater earlier this year. There, Republicans swiped driver's licenses through card readers to demonstrate a method of requiring photo IDs at the polls.
Cindy Westrup put up signs to lead caucus goers to the right places at the Republican precinct caucuses in Stillwater earlier this year. There, Republicans swiped driver’s licenses through card readers to demonstrate a method of requiring photo IDs at the polls. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In watching the hearings on the proposed voter ID amendment from the Senate gallery, I have yet to hear any of the proponents preface their remarks with anything along the lines of "with the humility incumbent upon one whose authority is derived from an electoral system so flawed it cries out for amendment of the Constitution itself." They all seem pretty sure their elevation to office was not a miscarriage of the will of the people.MIKE BROTHERS, MINNEAPOLIS

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