Thread: ILLEGALS VOTIN IN ARIZONA

Donna411 wrote:
"I just voted early, and found 1/2 the ballot and instructions were is SPANISH!! Is it not the CONSTITUTION OF AMERICAN that states, to become a CITIZEN OF AMERICA, you are required to learn ENGLISH? Then why is the voting ballot is SPANISH??? I am very upset, and feel the ballots should be is ENGLISH only. THIS IS AMERICA. Am I wrong?"

Reply:
From the website of ProEnglish

Bilingual Ballots

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was amended in 1975 to provide voting assistance to certain "language minorities" that Congress felt had been excluded from the electoral process because of "unequal educational opportunities." Originally intended as a temporary measure, the scope of the law has ballooned as a result of the unprecedented influx of non-English speaking immigrants in recent years.

Your activism is having an effect! 56 Congressmen sign letter to the Chairman Sensenbrenner opposing renewal of the bilingual ballots clause
Latest Update: Congress reauthorized bilingual ballots. (vote results are included.)
For more about this issue, please visit these pages:
Bilingual Ballot Provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: An Overview
Five Reasons To Oppose Bilingual Ballots
An article, (external link) published in the Weekly Standard, by Edward Blum, detailing the abuses of Justice-Department enforcement of bilinguak ballot laws: "Se Habla Lawsuit".

Other ProEnglish resources about bilingual ballots:
The federal law mandating bilingual ballots
Newsletter stories about Bilingual Ballots from The ProEnglish Advocate
ProEnglish Executive Director K.C. McAlpin's testimony to the U.S. Congress:
Written testimony (.pdf) (.html)
Oral testimony (.html)

http://www.proenglish.org/issues/ballots/index.html

Unfortunately, President Bill Clinton made expanded this into other areas by signing Executive Order 13166, which requires that a broad variety of things provided by the government be translated at taxpayer expense into a large variety of foreign languages.

ProEnglish is a citizen's activist group which works to repeal foreign language ballot requirements, E.O. 13166, and to pass legislation making English the official language of the United States.


Ending E.O. 13166,
the "Multilingual Mandate"

Contact us:
1601 N. Kent St.
Suite 1100
Arlington, VA
22209
ph: (703) 816-8821

http://www.proenglish.org/

Thanks for the info....


Kathyet

Originally Posted by Donna411

I just voted early, and found 1/2 the ballot and instructions were is SPANISH!! Is it not the CONSTITUTION OF AMERICAN that states, to become a CITIZEN OF AMERICA, you are required to learn ENGLISH? Then why is the voting ballot is SPANISH??? I am very upset, and feel the ballots should be is ENGLISH only. THIS IS AMERICA. Am I wrong?

A number of States have either contemplated or passed English as the Official Language where all government documents are printed only in English. If your State isn't on the bandwagon, get it going!! Start a petition drive to get it on the ballot or get a rep who'll champion the cause.

I'm hoping that OK will move on this and other initiatives to rid ourselves of the remaining illegals in OKC and Tulsa. We have portions that look like little mexihole more than America.

As far as voting goes, there was a story I saw the other day that said illegals leaving AZ are going to Washington State so they can get drivers licenses and of course "vote". Another issue is to separate the drivers license and voting registration. Just because you get a drivers license should NOT automatically register you to vote. Check the citizenship status separately and verify other documents like a valid birth certificate!

These are the rules. The exemptions for the English requirement are listed at the bottom. Most of the undocumented Democrats that are voting are not over 50, most do not have amental impairement.

From the USCIS

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/ ... 2ca60aRCRD


The Right to Vote


One of the most important privileges of democracy in the United States of America is the right to participate in choosing elected officials through voting in elections. There are many different types of elections in the United States, such as federal elections, state elections or local elections. Only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections. Registering to vote or voting in a federal election is a crime if you are not a U.S. citizen. Non-U.S. citizens, including permanent residents (green card holders), who vote, or register to vote, in a federal election also can be denied naturalization and/or removed (deported) from the United States.

There are very few jurisdictions where a non-U.S. citizen may vote in a local election. However, this web site does not provide information regarding voting qualifications for state and local elections. You can obtain information regarding voting qualifications in local elections from your local voting authority. It is important to remember that even if you are allowed to vote in a local election, you are not eligible to vote in a federal election if you are not a U.S. citizen, nor in any other election that requires you to be a U.S. citizen.


The Naturalization Test

[b]One of the requirements for U.S. citizenship through naturalization is to take the naturalization test to demonstrate that you are able to read, write, and speak basic English and that you have a basic knowledge of U.S. history and government (also known as “civicsâ€