Re: about meaning of 'english only ballots'

Ahn — Thu, 24 May 2007 01:20:35 GMT

By the way, I read an article below.

<Voting Rights Act Includes Amendment For English-Only Ballots
July 13, 2006 â The reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act (H.R. 9) is expected to be voted on in the House on July 13 to extend the Act once again.

Representatives will vote on an amendment offered by Rep. Steve King (R-IA) that will strike a provision for bilingual ballots in jurisdictions where at least 5% of the population does not speak English.

This amendment will be opposed by liberals in the House. TVC supports this amendment and urges its supporters to contact their legislators immediately to ask that they vote YES on the King amendment. âIf you are a U.S. citizen and vote in America, you should be able to read English on a ballot,â said TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty. âThis is a common sense amendment that all legislators should support.â

Foreign language ballots are a severe financial burden on taxpayers; they are an open invitation to fraud; and greatly increase the likelihood of errors in translationâwhere voters may vote NO when they should be voting YES on legislation.

Nearly 80 Congressman have sent a letter of concern to House leaders asking that they include the King amendment to nix multi-lingual ballots. Here is their letter: Letter To Leadership.

TAKE ACTION: Contact your Representative today and ask that he or she support the King amendment to the Voting Rights Act reauthorization bill: CapWiz.

I think 'English-only ballots' here means 'ballots written in English' and 'English-only ballots' in the article I wrote can also refer to it.

It's somewhat confusing.

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Re: about meaning of 'english only ballots'