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Bilingual Ballots Are a Bad Idea
Townhall.com ^ | August 19, 2011 | Linda Chavez

Posted on 08/19/2011 5:50:00 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 08/19/2011 5:50:05 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

They don’t want Americans to vote anyway.

Someone needs to sue because of the confusion caused by the unnecessary foreign verbiage on the ballots.


2 posted on 08/19/2011 5:52:32 AM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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Arabic !! Where’s the Arabic


3 posted on 08/19/2011 5:55:02 AM PDT by shadeaud (" If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin)
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To: Kaslin

La Raza Linda Chavez trying to pretend she now wants to defend American culture from the latino onslaught.


4 posted on 08/19/2011 6:06:07 AM PDT by Pelham ("Resist we much!" - Al 'Jiffypop' Sharpton)
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I think you may have Linda mixed up with someone else. She has fought bilingual education and for the official public use of English all along.


5 posted on 08/19/2011 6:10:27 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://WingRight.org)(I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.)(RIAing))
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To: Kaslin

I choose to communicate by eyeblinks in Morse code. Please hire Morse code wink experts for all the voting locations across the land in case I choose any of them, so my rights will not be disenfranchised. Thank you...wink wink


6 posted on 08/19/2011 6:13:03 AM PDT by tarotsailor
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To: Kaslin
Worse, some of these bilingual ballots may be used fraudulently to encourage people who are not citizens to vote illegally in next year's election.
A perverse element of the Voting Rights Act makes the whole scheme possible, and, unfortunately, not even Republicans have been willing to challenge it.

Emphasis mine. Sameo Sameo.

7 posted on 08/19/2011 6:13:42 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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“I think you may have Linda mixed up with someone else. She has fought bilingual education and for the official public use of English all along.”

I don't see the need for bilingual voting ballots. After all, one must be an American Citizen to vote, and in order to become a naturalized citizen one must demonstrate a certain level of literacy and competence in reading and writing the English language, right? I am right aren't I? sarc/

8 posted on 08/19/2011 6:15:44 AM PDT by snoringbear (Government is the Pimp,)
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To: Oatka

Several States have voter ID laws. Texas passed ours this year, after Governor Perry made it an emergency priority bill.


9 posted on 08/19/2011 6:16:18 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://WingRight.org)(I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.)(RIAing))
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To: snoringbear

Agreed. Worse, “identity politics” breeds bigotry and racism.


10 posted on 08/19/2011 6:18:17 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://WingRight.org)(I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.)(RIAing))
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“I think you may have Linda mixed up with someone else.”

No, I know that La Raza witch all too well. She and her POS assistant John J Miller made a career out of attacking those of us who wanted an end to illegal immigration. Here’s a recent sample:

“Americans abhor extremism. It is the reason our democracy has lasted for more than 200 years and why we have rejected both socialism and right-wing radicalism. American political parties have generally hewed to the center, unlike their European counterparts, so that even major political shifts moved the country only from center right (as in the Reagan and Bush administrations) to center left (as in the current administration). It is a lesson that both parties should take to heart, but one that poses special problems for the Republicans as one group of extremists attempts to hijack the GOP on a single issue: illegal immigration.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2653063/posts


11 posted on 08/19/2011 6:27:47 AM PDT by Pelham ("Resist we much!" - Al 'Jiffypop' Sharpton)
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I agree with her on birthright citizenship. It’s a stupid move and one of the few issues on which I disagree with my Representative Lamar Smith. If I were planning on splitting the Republicans on immigration, I’d introduce a bill changing the meaning of he 14th Amendment.

On the other hand, Napolitano’s intention to introduce amnesty should unite us and bring in new conservatives who haven’t identified with us in the past.


12 posted on 08/19/2011 6:47:29 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://WingRight.org)(I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.)(RIAing))
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To: Pelham

Could you be mixing Linda Chavez-Thompson and Linda Chavez-Gerston?


13 posted on 08/19/2011 6:55:36 AM PDT by hocndoc (http://WingRight.org)(I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.)(RIAing))
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To: snoringbear

You are correct, except in one special case. Those born in Puerto Rico are citizens upon birth, but English is not the predominant language of the island. Thus Spanish ballots should only be issued to someone born on the island of Puerto Rico. Present proof of Puerto Rican birth and then you can receive a biligual ballot.


14 posted on 08/19/2011 7:16:31 AM PDT by gusty
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To: Kaslin

English needs to be made the official language. If they can’t read an English ballot, they shouldn’t be voting because they obviously can’t understand the local English news or newspaper and certainly can’t understand what the English speaking candidates are saying. How bleepin’ hard is it to recognize a candidate’s name in English? What, like it suddenly changes spelling in another language??? If you can’t read anything but Arabic or Chinese then how in blazes do you pay the electric bill or drive a car?

They’re all liars and cheats. Back in my young and naive days, I worked for the government which hired supposed US citizens but so many claimed they didn’t understand English. Funny thing was if their paycheck wasn’t there at 4 pm on the dot, they were suddenly fluent in English to come complain to me about it. Again, they’re all liars and cheats.

Heck, I’m even sick of everyday consumer goods being in Spanish.


15 posted on 08/19/2011 7:28:03 AM PDT by bgill (just getting tagline ready for 6 months after you vote in Perry - Tried to warn you he's a RINO.)
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To: hocndoc
Several States have voter ID laws. Texas passed ours this year, after Governor Perry made it an emergency priority bill.

That's a good start, but I was referring to the fight against foreign-language ballots: Case in point (from BallotPedia):

"The Texas English Language Amendment will not appear on the November 2011 general election ballot in the state of Texas as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment.

The measure was pre-filed with the Texas Legislature before the legislative session started in January 2011. The bill, House Joint Resolution 38, would have made English the official language of the state and would also have required government business to be done in English. It was filed by State Representative Leo Berman, who said that the measure would also make all state documents published in English-only. The bill was filed on November 16, 2010.[1]

The 82nd session of the Texas State Legislature adjourned on May 30, 2011. However, Gov. Rick Perry called a special session of the Texas State Legislature that commenced May 31, 2011 in early June and adjourned June 29, 2011. Eight amendments were proposed during the special session, but none passed. Including this proposal."

16 posted on 08/19/2011 7:52:47 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: Kaslin

If you cannot read English you are likely not eligible to vote and you should not be allowed to vote.


17 posted on 08/19/2011 7:55:53 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: hocndoc

I’m speaking of Linda Chavez-Gerston, who held some minor positions in the Reagan Administration. Whose nomination for Secretary of Labor under Dubya was derailed when her own illegal alien maid became known.

Linda Chavez and her protege over at NRO, John J Miller, have a long career of smearing anti-illegal alien activists. If you want amnesty and a bigger flood of illegal aliens, Linda Chavez is your gal. Don’t be fooled by her token pro-English language posturing.


18 posted on 08/19/2011 7:57:00 AM PDT by Pelham ("Resist we much!" - Al 'Jiffypop' Sharpton)
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To: Kaslin

If you can’t vote in English, you shouldn’t be voting.


19 posted on 08/19/2011 7:59:03 AM PDT by Little Ray (FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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Spanish ballots only make it much easier for ACORN & ACCE recruits to vote in elections where they are NOT qualified to vote.

I certainly cannot wait for a serious TEA Party or Republican candidate to be in the White House & NObama perp-walked into prison, along with his minions & czars.


20 posted on 08/19/2011 8:27:53 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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