Letter: Voters aren’t the ignorant ones

Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006 | 7:22 a.m.

Sorry, Jon Ralston, we early voters are not ignorant as you wrote in last Friday's column. By the time voting rolls around I am already sick of the clutter of campaign signs along my neighborhood streets. I am tired of the phone calls from the parties and the candidates all day and night even though I am on the Do Not Call list.

I am disgusted that my mailbox is full of fliers containing attacks and no policy stands. I have taken to TiVoing all my favorite TV shows because I can't stand all the nasty political ads. If I didn't go to the polls early, I would be so turned off by the campaigns that I may not vote at all.

Who is ignorant is those who schedule debates after polling has already begun. Or maybe it is the reporters who haven't taken the time to dig into candidates' backgrounds as soon as filing closes. Or maybe those are just more of the political games that are turning the voters off. I think we are the ones who have been forgotten in the process.

Donna West, Las Vegas

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