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To: tejek who wrote (345515)	8/2/2007 7:35:52 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578363

why 10% ??? don't you care about other minorities ?? are you making the rules???

To: tejek who wrote (345515)	8/2/2007 8:36:25 PM
From: TopCat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578363

"If ten percent of the voters speak swahili, of course. That whole fairness in democracy thing really pisses you guys off, doesn't it?" You didn't mention 10% in your first post. Why 10%? But the point is your idea of "fairness" is absurd. Just being able to read the voter's pamphlet doesn't make for an informed voter. In order to vote intelligently, you have to understand (among other things) the culture of the country you are voting in and how can you possibly do that if you don't understand the language of the country?

To: tejek who wrote (345515)	8/2/2007 8:44:13 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578363

Shouldn't it be linked to inability to understand English rather than one's "first language" (which btw is difficult to determine for a bilingual person)? While there are lots of people who speak Spanish, Chinese, etc, I doubt there are many American citizens unable to understand English. I don't know of any and I have relatives by marriage that are hispanic, including the other set of grandparents to my grandchildren who are immigrants). Perhaps in Puerto Rico, but then that is a territory and they generally don't vote in our elections.