Thread: Email I just received

I just emailed the two people below my thoughts about needing spanish speaking workers.


Subject: Help with the November Election


Carol Gaultney told me that the Justice Department says Montgomery County must have over 70 bilingual election judges or clerks for the November elections. It is hard enough to get workers in the first place.Please send this information to your email list.

Do you know Spanish speakers who could work on Tuesday, November 7? The polls are open from 7 AM to 7 PM but sometimes, shifts can be arranged. The pay is $9/hour for judges, $7/hour for clerks. There will be training. People can serve as judges only in their own precincts, but can work as clerks in other districts.

If interested, Republicans should call their County Chair, Dr. Wally Wilkerson, 936-441-5621 INFO@mcrp.com
Democrats should call their County Chair, Wendy Melton, 281-292-0021 countychair@Houston.rr.com

if they can't speak English they aren't here legally and not entitled to vote, so why the need for translators? or is this also the 'jobs American's won't do'?

Which Justice Dept.? If it's the feds, I'd tell them to take a flying leap and ask where the Executive Branch was granted authority over elections in the several states. Art. 1, Sec. 4 grants primary power over the elections and rules thereof to the legislatures of the states and provides for the federal Congress to change those rules by the making of duly enacted laws. It doesn't mention the DOJ or any of the rest of the Executive Branch anywhere.

Originally Posted by CrocketsGhost

Which Justice Dept.? If it's the feds, I'd tell them to take a flying leap and ask where the Executive Branch was granted authority over elections in the several states. Art. 1, Sec. 4 grants primary power over the elections and rules thereof to the legislatures of the states and provides for the federal Congress to change those rules by the making of duly enacted laws. It doesn't mention the DOJ or any of the rest of the Executive Branch anywhere.

good eye ... I was only thinking about the translators, not who was dictating -- we not only have judges legislating from the bench but now the whole executive branch

if they can't speak English they aren't here legally and not entitled to vote, so why the need for translators? or is this also the 'jobs American's won't do'?

Unfortunately, there are many naturalized citizens who don't speak English. They memorize the citizenship test in order to pass.

http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/05/ ... zen001.cfm

Published: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

So, you want to be a citizen?
The rules are going to change. The government wants to drop the trivia from its citizenship test.

By Krista J. Kapralos
Herald Writer


EVERETT - It took two hours for two dozen South Korean immigrants to recite all the trivia they might need to pass the test to become United States citizens.

"What are the three branches of our government?" teacher William Paek, 65, asked his students as they settled behind tables at the Korean Women's Association office in Lynnwood.

"When is the president inaugurated?"

"What do you call the American flag?"

Executive, judicial and legislative.

January.

The star-spangled banner.

One question after another, the answers were called out by the students, mostly senior citizens who have moved from South Korea to the United States within the past five years.

Yet when Chun Hye Han, 65, was asked what town she lives in, the eager student who had been shouting out all the answers simply shrugged.

She doesn't speak English, she said. She's memorizing just enough to pass the test.

In two years, it may be more difficult for people like Han to become citizens. Federal officials are redesigning the test to eliminate questions they say are trivial, to make room for more weighty topics.

"We want the test to be a reflection of the values that will help each person to be a more effective citizen," said Chris Bentley, a spokesman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

"We're looking to make it more meaningful, and at the same time we're balancing that with our desire to not make it more difficult," Bentley said.

The redesign isn't yet complete. So Paek and his students can do nothing but continue their regular studies.

The uncertainty is unnerving for students in citizenship classes throughout the country.

Some have been studying for several years, but must wait until they've lived in the United States for at least five years before they can apply for citizenship.

By then, the new test will be in place, possibly rendering years of study worthless.

The current test includes a 10-question quiz selected from 100 trivia questions dealing with United States history and government. Applicants must also undergo a background check and a face-to-face interview.

"One of the requirements to become a U.S. citizen is you have to be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate in the English language conversationally, so the test is only given in English," Bentley said.

Waivers are available for people with certain circumstances, but most immigrants have but one way to gain citizenship: through countless hours of memorization.

Most of the South Korean immigrants in Paek's class moved to the United States after retirement to be near their children, said Sunny Cho, coordinator of the Korean Women's Association's citizenship classes.

Others want to become citizens as soon as possible, to avoid getting caught in any changes that might result from the current immigration debate. The rumor in Snohomish County's Korean community is that benefits for permanent residents may be curtailed due to budget crunches, Paek said.

Paek said he'll continue to teach his regular curriculum until he knows for sure what the new test will include.

Dinh Van Kuno, director of the Snohomish County Refugee and Immigrant Forum, said citizenship and English teachers with her organization haven't even told the students that the test is going to change.

"(The students) are stressed enough with all the applications, fingerprints, background checks, and with speaking a second language, a lot of our people are very fearful," she said. "I have people sick, just sick, the day before the interview."

Sang Chong, 68, has lived in Everett as a permanent resident for three years. He's already studying for the citizenship test, even though it may cover different material by the time he can take it.

"I'd like to become a U.S. citizen as soon as possible," he said.

How in the world are we going to stop illegals from voting? My county has gone to mail in ballots only. so I won't even see the ones I know are illegal at the polls.

And someone is looking for workers to HELP them vote?

Please send this around the net and email the people below your thoughts.

Originally Posted by houston

I just emailed the two people below my thoughts about needing spanish speaking workers.


Subject: Help with the November Election


Carol Gaultney told me that the Justice Department says Montgomery County must have over 70 bilingual election judges or clerks for the November elections. It is hard enough to get workers in the first place.Please send this information to your email list.

Do you know Spanish speakers who could work on Tuesday, November 7? The polls are open from 7 AM to 7 PM but sometimes, shifts can be arranged. The pay is $9/hour for judges, $7/hour for clerks. There will be training. People can serve as judges only in their own precincts, but can work as clerks in other districts.

If interested, Republicans should call their County Chair, Dr. Wally Wilkerson, 936-441-5621 INFO@mcrp.com
Democrats should call their County Chair, Wendy Melton, 281-292-0021 countychair@Houston.rr.com

Originally Posted by HomeOfTheBrave

Unfortunately, there are many naturalized citizens who don't speak English. They memorize the citizenship test in order to pass.


What do you call the American flag?". . .

The star-spangled banner.

so much for being able to read, write and comprehend English. They need to have a couple of my high school teachers -- they wouldn't pass

I thought the flag was now referred to as "Old Glory" and the Star Spangled Banner was the official anthem