Vote on Election Day, not before

The honorable Eric Holder says that voter fraud "simply does not exist."

The Washington Post reports 20 states require no identification to vote. Anyone, registered voters or not, citizens or not, can cast a ballot, maybe in several locations. Dead people have been known to vote.

La Raza, the biggest pro-amnesty group in America, is promoting the Post’s article with maps of those no-ID required states. We have open borders. How can there be no voter fraud?

We need to go back to an election day. No early voting, voting by mail, etc. No same-day registration voting (just passed in Hawaii). A longer voting process provides more opportunity for malfeasance and favors incumbents requiring more money and staying power.

There is no one who cannot acquire a photo ID. Most people already have them or the states will provide them. Don’t call me racist; I just want voter integrity restored by requiring photo identification for all voters.

Michelle Kerr
Waikoloa

‘Closely held values’ suspect

A letter you published in support of a Democratic Party candidate asserted that abortion rights were a closely held value in our state ("Djou doesn’t represent us," Star-Advertiser, Oct. 29).

At the risk of continuing the endless debate on this issue, I have to wonder: Why is taking a life in the name of personal freedom a closely held value? Rather, consider the notions of fostering healthy families, making wise choices, taking responsibility for our missteps and protecting the vulnerable members of our ohana.

Why are those notions not closely held values in the aloha state?

Jeffrey Tillson
Ewa Beach

Who controls Super PAC?

I agree with Mary Ann Arakaki that the Star-Advertiser should not be endorsing any candidate but just report "unbiasedly" on each candidate ("Endorsement shows newspaper is biased," Star-Advertiser, Letters, Oct. 21). You can call it "Our View" but it still isn’t right. Why not have an editorial board for each party? That would be fair.

Also, I recently received two terrible political-garbage fliers in the mail from Hawaii Forward. I tried to find out what persons make up Hawaii Forward and was unsuccessful. It seems they don’t want to be known.

Could your paper, in all fairness, print the names of those who drive this organization? You have to wonder why they would go to such lengths not to let their names be known. One has to imagine they are not proud of what they are doing.

We need change in our government. We need those who will listen to all people. State Sen. David Ige had 28 years and he still isn’t listening. If he didn’t like what was going on during those 28 years, why didn’t he speak up?

Sharon Bruffey
Haleiwa

Toxic chemicals on Maui, Molokai

How will the Maui County Council and mayoral candidates who oppose the GMO moratorium deal with the fact that the state Department of Health found chemical contamination in 100 percent of the water samples tested? That tests found Roundup in the public drinking water in Kihei? That the Environmental Protection Agency admitted to the Council that it does not test for the toxicity of the chemical combinations of the 80 pesticides sprayed by Monsanto and Dow on Maui and Molokai? That these chemicals drift into homes and schools?

Why the misinformation about the bill, which exempts GMO crops already planted? Which prohibits "knowingly" growing GMOs? Garden produce is non-GMO. You cannot accidently buy GMO seeds; you have to sign a contract.

Last year the county was fined millions of dollars for environmental contamination. Are they willing to wait until we have an irreversible environmental disaster and public health crisis before they act?

Paul Solomon
Haiku

Too much sports on front page

I have no idea who Gib Arnold is, nor do I know who Isaac Fotu is.

However, after finding them on the front page of your newspaper two days in a row, I am once again shocked at the importance that you apparently give to sports figures ("Arnold let go," Star-Advertiser, Oct. 29; "Fotu now out," Oct. 30).

What message are you giving to the youth of Hawaii?

Jean-Jacques Dicker
Hawaii Kai