I am responding to a letter to the editor regarding a speaker at Oregon High School.
Beth Cox spoke at an assembly about the history and importance of voting. The authors of the Oct. 16 letter clearly showed their bias for voter ID as a requirement for voting. They blamed the messenger for explaining to students that the Supreme Court declared they would not need an ID in order to vote. Beth Cox did not create the law; she merely explained it to students.
Clarification of the Supreme Court’s decision is highly relevant to the topic of voting history and the importance of voting. It is an important current topic for students to understand. To discuss the history of voting without mention of voter ID laws would be incomplete, erroneous, and a disservice to young citizens about to embark on that central precious democratic American right to vote.
Cox is a knowledgeable, honest, fair-minded, respected judge in our community.
Kudos to the Oregon School District. With elections happening just after Cox’s talk, what more perfect time to inform students?
If any students of voting age lack an ID, it is essential for them to know they can vote without it.
Susan Shedivy
Village of Oregon