Voter ID rule protects system
The Cook County clerk's Fence Post letter (May 23) complaining about all the so-called hurdles the poor allegedly now have to overcome due to the recent Supreme Court ruling that photo IDs are constitutional is about as ludicrous as I have ever seen.
People such as the clerk have made it too easy to violate the voter system with such things as motor-voter procedures and other almost 24-7 systems of registering.
The Supreme Court has essentially told us that it is OK to make sure that the system is fully protected.
Certainly, someone wanting to vote bad enough can take the responsibility of finding and providing a valid piece of identification.
He says the poor will be discriminated against by this ruling by making it more difficult to register.
No proof, but he makes this unsubstantiated claim anyway.
Rights always come with a corresponding duty.
In fact, duties are higher than rights since we would have no right to vote if the duty to protect the system is infringed upon.
People must take on their duties to protect the system by being the voter they claim to be and being responsible enough to prove they're right, even if this inconveniences them.
Life isn't fair and never will be. Get used to it.
Tom Manion
Mount Prospect