Comments on: Federal Judge Orders Spanish Language Sample Ballots In Escambia, Santa Rosa

By: Don H

Don H — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 01:25:30 +0000

Although math skills are not a requirement for citizenship, speaking, reading and writing English is.

hence:

citizenship is required to vote
and speaking, reading and writing English is required for citizenship
therefore speaking, reading and writing English is required to vote

Ballots need to be printed only in English!!!!!!!

Deductive reasoning.

My grandparents were Russian my wife’s were Italian. We were both REQUIRED to speak English in our households…. and proud to do so!!!

By: Fred McDenny

Fred McDenny — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 01:48:25 +0000

Hold the presses! Not the same subject, but in the same vein. I received my new Medicare Card today. The instructions are in 14 languages! Welcome to America.

By: retired

retired — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:51:46 +0000

THE FEDERAL JUDGE DID NOT SEE WHERE THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA VOTED (BACH IN 1986 I BELIEVE) TO HAVE ENGLISH AS THIER LANGUAGE

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 03:22:01 +0000

@kam so all judges should not have the ability to undo a law that is slanted or burdensome to a certain population? If it’s left to a crooked politician then yes every law would be slanted one way or to the other. That’s why it’s takes a federal judge to and supreme court to keep these bogus political hacks from making laws that are prejudiced against the population. The politicians will slant laws to serve their views if not checked. Legal immigration is a good thing. So why is everyone so squirrelly about a Spanish ballot.

By: Kam

Kam — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 02:47:48 +0000

Yes, but federal judges are supposed to interpret the law not make them! Yes, America is the most giving country but we speak English. They should have a interpreter there to read it to them like they do at the driving license office. When they give them the license it’s in English not Spanish. Just a thought, they can be doing this for Florida can have their first socialist governor.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:30:32 +0000

Good ruling by the judge. If you pay taxes and abide by our laws then everyone should leave the bigotry and hate at home and don’t spew that venom at someone who doesn’t comprehend English as well as their own language. I’ve been in the line at fast food and the convenience store and hear some of the locals around here with a very broken english dialect that is dang near impossible to understand and they were born and raised here.

By: Chelleepea

Chelleepea — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 23:37:48 +0000

@Phil, you have no right to tell anyone to go anywhere or call anybody lazy. This is not your country alone, it is ours. Stop being a bully. Who said anybody didn’t want to learn English. It takes time to learn to speak it and to learn to read it and then to comprehend it. Even average Americans have a hard time comprehending a ballot especially when there are amendments and they’ve been going to school for at least 12 years, I hope.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 23:03:02 +0000

I have a feeling that a lot of what’s going on here is assisting illegal aliens from other Hispanic countries to vote without accidentally voting Republican or conservative. (And before anybody gives me this, “We’re a country of immigrants” business again, note that I said “illegal”.)

By: SF

SF — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 22:34:12 +0000

If you want to live, work and vote in this or any other country then you should learn to assimilate. This is the most diverse country in the world. I don’t here anyone complaining about immigrants are treated there. Comparing today’s immigrants to the past is stupid! In the past they appreciated becoming Americans! Now most just come here to exploit this country. America is getting weaker and weaker!

By: M in Bratt

M in Bratt — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 21:23:23 +0000

A little social studies lesson; People born in Puerto Rico are US Citizens much the same as the citizens of Alaska and Hawaii were before those states were admitted to the union. Our Fla. legislature did a great job of enacting voter ID laws that would make it difficult or impossible for non-citizens to vote in our elections. The left hates our voter ID laws because they cannot bus voters from polling place to polling place, or state to state so that they can vote multiple times, or otherwise vote illegally. I agree that we shouldn’t print ballots in any other language than English, but it’s not that big of deal.