Thread: Feds sue city over voting rights of Spanish-speakers

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WASHINGTON TIMES

ENGLISH SPURNED BY FLOOD OF CITIZENSHIP APPLICANTS
Saturday, December 30, 1995


Section: A


Page: A1


Thomas D. Elias
SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES


Illustration: Box, POP QUIZ, By The Washington Times




LOS ANGELES - More applicants than ever before are winning American citizenship without having to learn enough English even to answer the rudimentary questions on the multiple-choice test given by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Foreign-language tests - often given in Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese and Tagalog (spoken in the Philippines) - have been available at INS offices since 1967 to any citizenship applicant who is over 50 and has lived in this country more than 20 years. Applicants over 55 who have lived here legally more than 15 years also are not required to take their tests in English.

Mayor Street's spokesman, Joe Grace, said the city already provides translators and voting materials in Spanish,

Sounds to me like they can not read either as they are already printing material in spanish.

I think they need to further there 2nd grade education and that should not be the obligation of the American taxpayer. If you can not read or write in either language DO NOT VOTE because you probably can not make an intelligent decision anyway.

fORGOT TO WELCOME Upsettaxpayer and Schrodinger_cat, glad to have you both with us, hope your going to be around on monday to help us continue the fight with this losy congress!!WELCOME!!

Frankly, I did not know there was a requirement (law) that cities and polling places HAD to provide Spanish translations and bilungual staff. If is is a law, which it must be because otherwise how could Philadephia be sued, then this is another reason why English must be declared our national language and codified into law.

Originally Posted by zeezil

Frankly, I did not know there was a requirement (law) that cities and polling places HAD to provide Spanish translations and bilungual staff. If is is a law, which it must be because otherwise how could Philadephia be sued, then this is another reason why English must be declared our national language and codified into law.

Here in Idaho we passed Engish as the official language so the taxpayer would not bear the cost of printing this kind of crap in other languages. If you don't speak english you don't vote, we also do not supply interpreters.