To the consternation and dismay of the editorial board of the WaPo the House of Representatives didn’t just auto approve the renewal of the Voting Rights Act. WaPo thinks bilingual ballots are needed for minority’s (read: Mexicans and those from Central America). Of course most of these minority’s aren’t citizens and shouldn’t be voting but hey, let’s not let illegal activity get in the way of Democrats fishing for votes.

Here’s their rational:

But the level of English proficiency required for citizenship isn’t the same as that which could be required to read a complicated ballot initiative — or even a form whose instructions aren’t completely clear. (Anybody remember butterfly ballots?) Nor do the English proficiency requirements apply to older residents seeking citizenship. And many native-born Americans whose English skills are limited — Native Americans, Alaskan Natives and Latinos — benefit from getting election information in their preferred languages. Puerto Rican citizens who move to the mainland ought to be able to read ballots in their native language.

The costs may not be negligible; in Los Angeles, the largest and most diverse local election jurisdiction in the country, election officials spend less than 10 percent of their budget to provide language assistance in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog and Vietnamese. But the benefits are clear: When bilingual assistance is provided, voting participation increases and members of the affected groups have a better shot at winning elections. Hispanic voter registration in Yakima County, Wash., went up 24 percent after the Justice Department sued the county for failing to comply with the law. After Justice reached an agreement with Harris County, Texas, turnout of Vietnamese American voters doubled, and the first Vietnamese American was elected to the state legislature.

Here’s my reaction to their logic, phewy! That is the logic which has Balkinized the US of today. It’s appalling today how many immigrants (legal) who have not learned English much less illegal alien’s lack of English. My Dad is a first generation Italian, he and his sisters did the translating for my Grandmother. But my Grandfather learned English. My Dad and his sisters speak English with no accents. You don’t find that today with first generations of Mexicans, Hondurans, Hmong, Vietnamese etc. And why is that? It’s because they don’t have to learn English because of wrong thinking Editors, Educators and Politicians who think it’s more important to pander for votes. If you don’t learn conversational English you will never assimilate. But then that’s the point with many of the south of the border illegal aliens. They don’t want to assimilate, they want ‘Little Tijuana’ in the US and unfortunately their success has been enabled by wrong headed people like the editors at the WaPo.  The Voting Rights Act was the beginning of the justification for English as a SECOND Language in schools and the start of the trend against assimilation to be replaced by Multiculturalism.  Multiculturalism is an assault against American culture.

Yes on Bilingual Ballots

 

This has been a production of the Guard the Borders Blogburst.  It was started by http://euphoricreality.net/“>Euphoric Reality, and serves to keep immigration issues in the forefront of our minds as we’re going about our daily lives and continuing to fight the War on Terror. If you are concerned with the trend of illegal immigration facing our country, join our Blogburst! Just send an email with your blog name and url to euphoricrealitynet at gmail dot com.

2 Responses to “WaPo Bilingual Ballots a Must (but of course they’d think that)”