Thread: Bilingual voting ballots ordered in 25 states

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Bilingual voting ballots ordered in 25 states
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

In the run-up to the 2012 elections, the federal government is ordering that 248 counties and other political jurisdictions provide bilingual ballots to Hispanics and other minorities who speak little or no English.

That number is down from a decade ago after the 2000 census, which covered 296 counties in 30 states. In all, more than 1 in 18 jurisdictions must now provide foreign-language assistance in pre-election publicity, voter registration, early voting and absentee applications as well as Election Day balloting.

The latest requirements, mandated under the Voting Rights Act, partly reflect second and third generations of racial and ethnic minorities who are now reporting higher levels of proficiency in English than their parents.

Effective this week, Hispanics who don’t speak English will be entitled to Spanish-language election material in urban areas of political battleground states including Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, Utah and Florida. For the first time, people from India will get election material in their native language, in voting precincts in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, due to their fast population growth.

More American Indian tribal languages will be made available in many parts of Alaska, Arizona and Mississippi, while Vietnamese and Taiwanese will get their own voting assistance in several new areas, including parts of Washington state, Texas, Massachusetts and California.

“We would like to be in a society where everyone has equal opportunities to vote, but that’s not the reality we’re living in today,â€

They don't have enough respect for this country to learn enough English to cast a simple ballot, yet they are going to vote in our elections! God help this country!

It is illegal to vote in a Federal election if you are not a citizen. Greencards don't count, it is a privilege of citizenship and to obtain citizenship you must read and speak the English language.

This is a blatant invitiation for voter fraud. Think Harry Reid.

I will be calling my reps first thing in the morning with my first cup of coffee.

Why would anyone legally ELIGIBLE to vote in this country not know enough English in order to fill out a ballot?

Ballots should only be in English.

Hebrews 11:1

Does not a person seeking citizenship have to know English before they receive their citizensship? If so why is a ballot in other than English required?

The spanish ballots are for illegal invaders to vote. Why do you think this administration has been pandering to invaders, hauling into court Arizona and Alabama for simply trying to protect themselves from this invasion. They're not going to leave those votes on the table, especially when they will vote for the dictator.

This administration does not care about the rule and law when it comes to illegal invaders. Does anyone think holder would dare prosecute an illegal invader for voting in our elections? They don't even believe illegal immigration is wrong! There is a reason they oppose voter id laws and you're now looking at it!

This administration doesn't even try to hide their corruption any longer when it comes to illegal invaders. They don't care what we think and anyone who objects is a "racist!"

A common language should be encouraged, it unifies people. And if one can't understand our language how can they be an informed voter?

"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
--Theodore Roosevelt, 1919

Our country is beginning to be like SA.

"A common language should be encouraged, it unifies people. And if one can't understand our language how can they be an informed voter?"

I agree 100 % but after watching some of the interviews the past few years common language is not the only thing keeping the U.S. from having informed voters; either they are not informed or not interested. Many of our Citizens are so unaware. A teacher said a couple of years ago that way to many "students" she deals with are from the "MTV" educated generation.