A number of false conceptions still exist about the need. the implementation. and the effectiveness of bilingual voting assistance. The first of these false impressions is that bilingual elections are not really necessary. This is simply not true. One in seven American citizens of Mexican descent does not speak English. The number of Americans for whom Spanish is their principal language is. of course. much higher. These people are not aliens. or refugees. or immigrants. They are American citizens whose ancestors have been in this country for generations. Without language assistance at the polls. their voting rights are effectively denied.
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