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To: Joe NYC who wrote (129657)	12/14/2000 10:33:16 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1570744

RE:"Also, since the campaigns are conducted in English, how can a non-English speaker vote rationally?" We had some trouble with this very thing in Palm Beach county. A Lawyer even filed a complaint on the behalf of some Haitian folk (wouldn't be surprised if Jesse was in there pumping) that complained the ballot was not in Creole (french) and there were no Creole speaking poll workers. To say the least, the laws you cite are enforced rather loosely or appear to be. Jim

To: Joe NYC who wrote (129657)	12/14/2000 10:37:43 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570744

Theoretically, you are eligible to vote only if you are a US citizen, and theoretically, you can only be naturalized US citizen if you speak English. Based on this, theoretically, there should not be any non-English speaking voters.< Jozef, I was naturalized in Miami, only last year. I can assure you that the requirements for citizenship in terms of language proficiency are rudamentary. But to be fair, you got me on this one. You did howevre choose to ignore the remainder of my post (impaired, old, etc..). Just as Bush chose to ignore the many votes that went uncounted. By the way, what did you think of GW's speech last night? Al

To: Joe NYC who wrote (129657)	12/14/2000 8:58:06 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570744

Theoretically, you are eligible to vote only if you are a US citizen, and theoretically, you can only be naturalized US citizen if you speak English. Based on this, theoretically, there should not be any non-English speaking voters, Joe, Theoratically, doesn't work in FL. Theoratically, felons, illegals and the deceased are not allowed to vote in Fl.....theoratically. However, they did! So much for theory. ted

To: Joe NYC who wrote (129657)	12/15/2000 1:24:25 AM
From: Saturn V	Respond to of 1570744

Ref < Theoretically, you are eligible to vote only if you are a US citizen, and theoretically, you can only be naturalized US citizen if you speak English. Based on this, theoretically, there should not be any non-English speaking voters.> You have forgotten one possibility. People who are U.S. citizens by birth but never learned to speak English. Plenty of Mexican Americans and Cuban Americans live in Spanish speaking neighborhoods, and are not proficient in English. The same happened for some Italian Americans in the East Coast. And lots of people in America do not speak Engish, but EBONICS !