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Lost-Currency9670 t1_it3okvp wrote

If you can’t speak English you have no business voting

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KingfisherDays t1_it3saj3 wrote

Care to explain why?

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RD__III t1_it3ul9c wrote

I mean, you're required to "Be able to read, write, and speak basic English" to become a citizen per CIS. The vast majority of natural born citizens would also likely have at least a basic grasp of the language. The only real fringe case would be someone born in the USA, lived somewhere else for most of their life, then came back. but that's a fringe case.

I don't see anything wrong with supplying other languages, especially Spanish given our demographics and proximity to Latin America. But, if you're eligible to vote, you probably shouldn't *need* a non English one.

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PM_ME_UR_SEAHORSE t1_it6jls9 wrote

Native Americans have been citizens since 1924 and some don't speak English or don't speak it well, ballots need to be printed in sixteen Indigenous languages in counties shown on this map

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Mayor__Defacto t1_it5ioni wrote

For one thing, the USA does not have an official language. Some communities have schools that don’t teach in english. Others have schools where you can opt-in to a full language immersion curriculum - for example, some places in Oregon where you could opt to have your children learn k-12 in Vietnamese.

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Lost-Currency9670 t1_it459a5 wrote

I can’t think of a single good reason to let someone who can’t speak English vote in this country, that’s totally absurd.

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KingfisherDays t1_it467cr wrote

What about the fact that there have been Spanish speaking communities in places like Texas, California, and Florida before there were English ones? What about people who speak English but whose understanding of what they are voting for would benefit by having it in their native language? What about native Americans?

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Lost-Currency9670 t1_it46pkw wrote

Reservations are already exempt from certain federal laws, so they could be an exception. However I doubt there are any more than a couple hundred people who are born in the US who can’t speak any English or have basic literacy who aren’t physically or mentally able to speak English. Russian was my first language and I speak both languages fluently and without an “accent” and I’m no savant.

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Longjumping-End-3017 t1_it48v79 wrote

>I can’t think of a single good reason to let someone who can’t speak English vote in this country, that’s totally absurd.

"People that can't speak English don't have the capacity to understand Elections and US events and therefore don't deserve representation in the country they live in"

That's what you sound like. This idea is so simple minded. You can't think of one good reason? You realize there are news providers in other languages so people that don't speak English can keep up on on American events and politics right?

You realize the language one speaks has zero correlation to intelligence levels and decision-making ability right?

"nO EnGlIsH nO vOtE" 🤡🤡🤡🤡

What a dense take.

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Lost-Currency9670 t1_it495vx wrote

Listen buddy I don’t even think women should be allowed to vote so go cry to somebody else

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johndburger t1_it51oiw wrote

Thanks for making it easy to discount every opinion you express.

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Mushroom_Tip t1_it5myly wrote

Lol. It sounds like you're the one here crying salty incel tears not them.

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moose2332 t1_it4ngwg wrote

Aw poor baby can't feel like a big boy when woman are near him. Look out behind you someone has salsa in their fridge.

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potatoisabean t1_it3udvm wrote

If you can't even speak the language (the bare minimum) you shouldn't be able to vote

Healthy immigration should be promoted (neither closed nor open borders)

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the_mellojoe t1_it41md1 wrote

officially, there is no "the language" and every time it came up for a vote, people voted it down. so which language should people speak? Any of the native indigenous languages? German? Spanish? English? Old Norse? Italian? or any of the languages brought from the countries in Africa?

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Longjumping-End-3017 t1_it45jwg wrote

While English, is the most common language spoken in the US, there is no official "main" languages in the US.

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johndburger t1_it520dc wrote

What’s the “main language” in Switzerland? How about China?

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FreshestEve t1_it468fr wrote

Nah they are correct. The USA do not seem to have an official language at the federal level. Some countries do have multiple languages at the federal level and not one "main" language e.g Switzerland.

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