I do not blame bilingual ballots for the decline in the voting participation rates by Hispanic citizens. I know the census figures are not perfect. I believe there are probably more Hispanic voters today than there were 15 years ago. and there certainly should be. because I have been involved in that. as our immigration laws over the last 15 years have been particularly generous to regard Hispanic immigration. And I have been an engine in that change. But these census figures do raise some very valid questions about whether bilingual ballots are doing anything useful to increase the participation of language minorities in the electoral process.
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