Others may go so far as to suggest that English proficiency be a precondition to voting. For them. this is not a debate about fairness. It is about ideology. With all due respect. Mr. Speaker. ideology has no place in todays debate. The Voting Rights Act was enacted to break down the walls built by Jim Crow. not build them back up. There is no difference between a poll tax. a literacy test or an English proficiency requirement as a precondition to voting. All are draconian and targeted efforts to block a specific group of people from voting and. I might add. people who are registered voters and citizens of the United States.
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