Letter writer Scott Farnum asks how the citizens’ initiative on voting somehow went from being a voter ID bill to an all-inclusive question (“Wording of voter ID question is undemocratic,” Aug. 7), mentioning numerous big changes to Maine election law. He blames the secretary of state for this “change.”

In fact, there was no change. From day one, this ballot question was crafted to be a broad attack on absentee voting and other important aspects of Maine’s election law. That is what the proponents themselves have put before Maine voters.

The question that voters will face on the ballot is an accurate summary of the bill. Don’t blame our secretary of state for doing her job so that voters understand what they’re voting on. Blame the proponents for deliberately and repeatedly misrepresenting the sweeping bill they themselves wrote.

Alison Smith
Portland