President Biden speaks after “pardoning” the national Thanksgiving turkey at the White House on Nov. 20. To the editor: Thanks to The Times for publishing an opinion piece calling on people to honor turkeys instead of eating them. Killing 46 million turkeys for Thanksgiving is a horrific way to honor tradition and to follow cultural norms. It’s maddening to constantly …
James Griepsma Jr. studies his choices at a ballot marking device while voting at the office of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 in Norwalk. The pandemic prompted several states in 2020 to implement universal ballot delivery or change their laws to allow for early voting or voting by mail for the first time, said …