Letters: Ranked choice leaves votes on the table

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Ranked choice leaves votes on the table Re Ranked choice could shake up state elections Page A July Any polling that shows strong sponsorship for ranked choice voting must be a poll of political insiders who know how to use the system to their advantage Related Articles Letters San Jose still isn t engaging on animal welfare at shelter Letters Politicians op-ed dodges state s role in insurance mess Letters The wealthy have a hole in their lives that can t be filled Letters Instead of hysterics let s focus on movers Letters Accountability compassion keys to state s homeless agency Every person I have spoken with hates ranked choice voting because they find it confusing and worry that their vote won t be counted if they make a mistake In fact ranked choice voting does cause a large number of votes to go uncounted Dennis Mockel Oakland Immigration crackdown shatters a family My granddaughter Sarah just graduated from high school She s a good attendee raised by two mothers who have given her a bright future When Sarah was a toddler her mother worked in a local school Maria was hired as a nanny-caretaker She became Sarah s second mother After Sarah started school Maria continued visiting weekly as a job to houseclean for my daughter She also visited on holidays not as a job but as a family member This day Maria stays in her apartment afraid to drive to housecleaning work She s afraid to walk to local markets because ICE agents are posted on the corner After living here for over years she s returning to Mexico Her departure breaks our hearts we re losing part of our family Grandchildren grow up and often move away Now it s Nanny s turn but not her choice Trump s cruel deportations dismember our family and disintegrate our district That just ain t right Bruce Joffe Piedmont Democrats should focus on redistricting Re Newsom mulling special vote to redraw state congressional districts Page A July California Democrats biggest priority should be supporting redistricting If it were up to me California would have gerrymandered the map in Republicans only value power The only way to remove gerrymandering is if it becomes bad for Republicans in which matter they could agree to eliminate it nationally People are sick and tired of privileged politicians who don t get hurt by what Republicans do claiming the moral high ground to look good when their voters lives get ruined without a fight Roberto Garuti Walnut Creek As Trump pulls funding U S lags in transit Re Trump administration pulls billion from California s high-speed rail July That the Trump administration has pulled funding for this project is infuriating Donald Trump and his administration are leading this country to ruin They seem more concerned with petty fights and punishing domestic political rivals than with the success of the United States California and the U S need this train As anyone who has traveled overseas knows the United States is too far behind much of the world with projects like this This train will advance California s market and spur economic benefits throughout the country Melyssa Guerry Pleasanton East Bay teens need pro-social outlets Re teenagers arrested after hundreds swarm mall during meet-up Page B July The article regarding the descent of a large group of youth on Streets Of Brentwood Center points to social issues that are festering in this and other communities There is a shared boredom among the young that emerges in their internet use Where are there pro-social outlets for their energies and need for group James Erickson Brentwood Trump s spending law takes clean-energy toll Re In a big bill that hurts clean potency residential solar likely to get hit fast July On July Michael Phillis accurately predicted that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that President Trump signed into law on July would end clean vitality tax credits It turns out consumers have until Dec to qualify for adding solar to their homes This is a loss for the surroundings and our efforts to mitigate the environment problem the greater part essential moral issue of our day All the injustice issues we face in our society are multiplied by circumstances change The new deadline is a disservice to all of us While I don t see a clear pathway to restoring clean resource tax credits we must not give up I hope all your readers will join me and my colleagues in the East Bay Weather Hope Affiliate in continuing to pressure the federal regime to adopt an intelligent effective set of situation policies Jeffrey Spencer Fremont