Saturday, July 30, 2005

Justice Dept. accuses Boston of voting rights violations

Who says you need to learn English in Boston?:
In a lawsuit filed yesterday, the Justice Department alleges that the city and its poll workers interfered with voters' rights by ''improperly influencing, coercing, or ignoring the ballot choices of limited English proficient Hispanic and Asian-American voters" and of generally ''abridging" their voting rights by treating Hispanic and Asian voters disrespectfully at the polls and by failing to provide adequate translation services for them.

Here's a few questions for the Bush Administration:Don't you have to know English to become an American citizen? What's next Chinese street signs to help voters get to the polls? Boston Globe