Voter Fraud and Huffington

It looks like Mike Huffington is now campaigning for another office: official curmudgeon of the 1994 elections (“Huffington to Challenge New Feinstein Term,” Jan. 4).

Harold Ezell, chief of the Voter Fraud Task Force, figures there may have been as many as 170,000 fraudulent votes cast. If Dianne Feinstein won the election by 165,562 votes, that leaves 4,438 which are questionable--out of some 25,000 voting places.

Huffington’s bold implication that a more accurate study of the numbers would expose alleged voter fraud perpetrated by only the party that opposed his power purchase is irritating. It is more likely that it would expose only negligible abnormalities, mostly unintentional, on behalf of each of the major parties.

The longer this is dragged out, the more it appears that the real reason for this post-contest contest is that Huffington simply can’t handle being whopped by a woman.

G. FRED LOGAN

Laguna Niguel

* I believe Huffington is actually doing a service to the California electorate by focusing attention on our antiquated election system. With the immense technological advances of the past decade, we could enable voters to vote more frequently and therefore have more of an active part in the governing of our state. Given the high level of public discontent with the political process, this may be the time to take a good look at how we elect our politicians and if that serves us in the long run.

Feinstein’s narrow margin of victory is not a strong and definitive mandate for a public servant. Perhaps neither candidate is suitable for the job as they had presented themselves to the public.

KAM REZVANI

Los Angeles

* Since Huffington is so concerned about California, may I suggest that he foot the bill for further investigations. A few more million would be costly for our state but apparently he won’t miss the money.

TRUDY DAVIDSON

Los Angeles