Speech #1090112600

We are printing ballots in more than 22 different languages just in Los Angeles County alone. We are in the process of reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act and people are arguing that even after all these generations people need a ballot handed to them in the language they are comfortable with. And I would argue that if you are born here in the United States or are a naturalized citizen. you should have had enough access to the English language to be able to read the ballot and cast a vote. The only way that you can argue that a person that is legal to vote in the United States. that means a United States citizen. doesnt have a command of the English language. it wouldnt be if they were a naturalized citizen because they have to demonstrate proficiency in English to be a citizen. so they would have had to have been born here in the United States. had birthright citizenship. lived in an enclave. and didnt learn enough English to be able to know President. Vice President. Congressman.