Making smoothies, no doubt.
Posted on 07/04/2012 5:54:58 AM PDT by Bulwinkle
A national Hispanic civil rights group is asking the Department of Justice to investigate alleged voter suppression in the Democratic primary in the 13th congressional district.
The group, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, has sent a letter to the DOJ voicing concern that Spanish-speaking voters found it difficult to cast ballots because they were unable to receive Spanish-language assistance and were turned away, or were told to vote by affidavit ballots, according to a statement by the organization.
The appeal to the DOJ by LatinoJustice, which recently was among several voter advocacy groups that sued Florida over its decision to target more than 2,600 registered voters whose citizenship was questionable, comes as veteran U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel has seen his lead over the runner-up dwindle to slightly more than 800 votes.
Some 2,000 absentee and affidavit ballots remain to be counted; the result is expected to be announced Thursday.....
(Excerpt) Read more at latino.foxnews.com ...
Making smoothies, no doubt.
**46% of the people of New Orleans and Detroit cannot read or write any language.**
I bet they can rap though.
There are exceptions to the rule. For instance, the 20/50 rule. If you have been here 20 years or more and are over 50 years old, the “read and write English” provision is waived for naturalization.
At least that was the case when I worked for INS 10 years ago.
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