Letter -- Michael Barclay

A candidate's name on an absentee application doesn't bother me.

What I do object to is having my completed application mailed to the

candidate's campaign office.

While this practice allows candidates to develop lists of likely

voters and target them with campaign mailings, third-party handling

delays the processing of the application by election officials and

creates another place where human error can muck things up.

If candidates were truly concerned about increasing voter

participation, the absentee applications they send out would be

pre-addressed to the official conducting the election, not to a campaign

office.

Until they do that, I will continue to use the application provided

with sample ballot.

MICHAEL BARCLAY

Glendale