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Tom Tancredo: “there are 375 voting districts in this country where ballots are provided in more than one language. This is a…”

On the recordJune 6, 2001
there are 375 voting districts in this country where ballots are provided in more than one language. This is a fascinating phenomenon. I ask my colleagues to think about this, and people who may be observing us here. If we have to print a ballot in a language other than English so that a potential voter can understand it, what does that tell us about that voter's ability to have understood the debate leading up to that election? How do they know what the issues are? How do they know how any one of those candidates they are voting for feels about an issue if they cannot understand English? It is an idiotic thing to present someone with a ballot in another language when that means they could not have understood the debate leading up to that election.
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Tom Tancredo
Colorado
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Discussing the implications of providing ballots in multiple languages during a House floor speech.

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