ALFIERI BILL: Will make voting difficult

In response to your front-page column on Feb. 4, I’d like to respond to the Alfieri bill that would limit absentee voting. I’m a 70-something Coeur d’Alene resident that has to drive some 38 miles round trip in order to vote. It used to be 10 miles on the way into town, but my polling place was moved a dozen years ago to an area 19 miles away where I never travel except to register to vote, and I vote absentee because of this.

If your bill forces me to drive 38 miles to vote. I’m not up to it, absentee is the only way to vote unless my polling place is changed, which I can’t see happening, so I won’t be able to vote. One thing I’m sure of, though I’m conservative, I won’t be voting for you as you are attempting to make it very difficult for me to vote.

KEN OAKS

Coeur d’Alene