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• mariojv 8y ago
  I know many non-English speaking or limited English speaking citizens. Why wouldn't you want them voting?
  • AnimalMuppet 8y ago
    Side comment: We had a situation here where there was a candidate for a judge, whose name was Uno. (He was ethnically Japanese.) Well, in one of the counties where his name was on the ballot, Hispanics were more than 5% of the population. The election rules required that, for such counties, the ballot instructions be written in Spanish as well as in English. For the judgeship in question, voters were to vote for only one candidate. The translation of that instruction into Spanish was "Vota para uno"! Note well: I am not saying that citizens who don't speak English shouldn't vote.
• ilikehurdles 8y ago
  Give out free IDs, streamline the ID process, and I won't care about ID requirements. Where I live, while there are DMVs in the city, the only DMVs that provide IDs and licenses are in the suburbs, many of which close at 4:30 PM. Requiring a person to pay for an ID and hope to qualify for a reimbursement later is just two steps removed from a poll tax. Yes of course I want felons to vote (especially if they've served their sentence), and non-english speakers as well. A citizen is a citizen.