Elections and Bob Dornan

Voting in the United States is the right of all persons born [here] and all naturalized citizens--Latinos, Asians, Europeans, Africans, etc.

Voting rights in Santa Ana should be no different from voting rights in Oshkosh, Youngstown or New York City.

The state of California did not design the best system possible to protect the right to vote, or to deny the right to vote. The people who were responsible for setting up the system are not perfect. Often we learn as we’re going along.

The system has failed to do what it is supposed to do. To responsible management, this should signal the need for improvement of the process. In the private sector the need to improve the system goes on all the time.

ETELVINA R. PATMAS

Orange

* Count on Bob Dornan to continue to provide us with an entertaining and amusing alternative to rational government. No one has spent more time than “B-1 Bob” in the well of the House complaining about the imposition of national will on state officials, usually accomplished when federal bureaucrats override the wisdom of the local government official charged with completing the task.

But, when his ox is gored, to whom does he turn for relief? Dornan had asked a subcommittee of House members to invalidate a local election, certified by the Orange County Registrar of Voters and the California secretary of state, and to ignore the will of the 46th District electorate due to some Hispanics who registered to vote prior to becoming citizens.

These federal officials know nothing of California law, but Dornan nonetheless asks them to ignore the 10th Amendment, ignore the efforts of local officials and impose a federal mandate on voters in Santa Ana.

Contrast Dornan’s antics with the grace of Lou Correa, who really lost a squeaker in the 69th Assembly race. No tirades, no excuses.

Dornan lost the election because voters tired of his hypocrisy on term limits and vicious, nonproductive vitriol. Even though painful to his ego, Dornan should not set aside the 10th Amendment in a ridiculous attempt to raise his congressional pension.

FREDERICK JUDD

Irvine

* As the son of immigrants, I consider that perhaps former Rep. Robert K. Dornan cries not because he lost his election bid, but because of the way he lost. His cry has exposed yet another symptom of immigration abuse.

I wonder how many people are honestly surprised to hear that Hermandad Mexicana Nacional and its executive director, Nativo Lopez, appear responsible for registering noncitizens to vote?

Regardless of whether the fraudulent votes are enough to reverse Dornan’s defeat, illegal conduct involving rights that are traditionally associated with citizenship has become epidemic.

Undoubtedly, Rep. Loretta Sanchez deserves praise for her democratic achievements. Suffice it to say, however, that more and more citizens, like Dornan, are becoming upset with the way society in general is changing due to illegal conduct associated with immigration.

TERRY DOHERTY

Tustin