The Voting Rights Act was amended in 1975 to include these ballots and for good reason. Since the founding of our Nation. many Americans have been deprived of their inalienable right to participate in the democratic process by negating. either legally or illegally. their right to vote. We have seen States make voting difficult for certain populations by implementing poll taxes. literacy tests. and by designing complex balloting procedures. Bilingual ballots guarantee that no American citizen is denied the fundamental right to vote because of a lack of fluency in English. It was only 4 years ago that Congress reauthorized bilingual ballots for the next 15 years.
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