Voters have a right to choose their party

I am writing in response to a letter (Daily Bee, June 9). Some seem to believe that in order to know something, one must have been there. A quick search of the Roosevelt campaign theme of 1932 on the internet has multiple references to the use of that song. The reference to this song in another letter to the editor is not a liberal slur, but a fact of history. I’m saddened by the inability to understand this.

A recent letter writer implies that all 278 RINO candidates must have voted for Jim Woodward with no proof of this implication. She blames Scott Herndon’s loss on these voters. The difference between the vote for the two candidates was 1,003. Herndon was still 725 votes behind Woodward. These supposed RINOs did not cause Scott Herndon to lose the election. He simply did not have enough community support to beat Woodward, the preferred candidate.

Additionally, the writer assumes the only reason someone would change their political affiliation and join the Republican party is so that they could vote for Woodward. Instead of welcoming new voters to the party, she disparages them by calling them liars, lacking in integrity and injurious to the Republican party. In her letter, she appears to be blaming these individual choices on the Democratic party without any evidence. It's easy to call names when there is no evidence to support one's claims.

All voters have the right to choose their political affiliation and do so for their own distinct reasons. Those who made this choice, according to the stated rules for this election, are now being told they will be “reported” to the community. What does that mean? This sounds rather threatening. What is her motivation for this type of treatment of individuals in our county who are now voting Republican? Is she that worried about the security of the Republican party in Bonner County?

KAM MAJER

Sandpoint