I rise today in my fullest support for the King amendment. and also his work to make sure that all political barriers to participation are removed. But we are clear that foreign language ballots do no such thing. There are three reasons why I support the King amendment. First. section 312 of the current code says anyone coming into this country as a naturalized citizen must be able to be proficient in reading. writing and understanding the English language. So there should be no basis for requiring the ballots to be in another language. In fact. we are ignoring the current law in providing a disincentive for new citizens to assimilate into this country without this amendment.
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