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To: Columbusborn

In Houston you can vote in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

English and Spanish voting is done electronically while Vietnamese voters still use a paper ballot. Such "separate but equal" voting mechanisms would appear to be illegal. It doesn't matter that they vote at the same polls, they do not use the same voting mechanism.


17 posted on 07/03/2006 6:25:27 PM PDT by weegee (Seasons greetings and happy holidays this June-July!)
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To: weegee

Huh? Why not just use one language--vote in whichever language the Founders wrote our Constitution? Most ballots contain rather simple language--the names of offices and candidates. People need to read and understand the precise language of ballot questions to vote on those referenda properly, and translations into several languages can yield immense difficulties in applying the results because translation involves more than mere "word for palabra" substitution.


19 posted on 07/03/2006 6:48:35 PM PDT by dufekin
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