Tucson speaks up: Letters to the editor for the week of Feb. 20, 2026
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Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Arizona Daily Star.
- Don Ries, Southeast side
There is no problem with non-citizens voting in our elections. Evidence: Georgia has 8.2 million registered voters and 20 are not citizens, and none of them voted in the last election. The conservative Heritage Foundation found 24 non-citizens voted in the last decade of elections in this country. All 2020 Presidential vote recounts found no discrepancies of any consequence. In Maricopa county's recount Biden got 6 more votes than in the original count. Our elections are safe and secure. So why make it harder for millions to vote with the requirements in the SAFE act? The bill would require women to have the same name on their voter registration as on their birth certificate. Millions of women took their husband's last name when they were married, my wife included. Trump knows elections are secure, so this is one way he can stop a group from voting.
Don Ries
Southeast side
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
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- Don Ries, Southeast side
There is no problem with non-citizens voting in our elections. Evidence: Georgia has 8.2 million registered voters and 20 are not citizens, and none of them voted in the last election. The conservative Heritage Foundation found 24 non-citizens voted in the last decade of elections in this country. All 2020 Presidential vote recounts found no discrepancies of any consequence. In Maricopa county's recount Biden got 6 more votes than in the original count. Our elections are safe and secure. So why make it harder for millions to vote with the requirements in the SAFE act? The bill would require women to have the same name on their voter registration as on their birth certificate. Millions of women took their husband's last name when they were married, my wife included. Trump knows elections are secure, so this is one way he can stop a group from voting.
Don Ries
Southeast side
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
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