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Maryland only had sign in Spanish at my poll
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| 11-05-2002
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Posted on 11/05/2002 11:01:06 AM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird
Sorry for the vanity, but, I was wondering if I am required to be able to read Spanish to be able to properly vote in Maryland?
This morning I went to my polling place, fought past the annouing liberals trying to force their material on me, and walked up to the first table to get my voting card. On that table was a sign, green paper with 1" high black paper, about 2 feet by 1 foot, with somewhere around 7 lines of text on it. It was all in Spanish. I asked the woman behind the table if there was a similar sigh in English and she said no. I have no idea what it said but I now feel disenfranchised because I can't read and/or speak Spanish at my polling place. Seems like some sort of liberal fraud happening in Maryland to me.
TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: disenfranchise; fraud; vote
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
It probably said "vote for KKT".
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posted on
11/05/2002 11:04:02 AM PST
by
iceskater
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Vote por KKT y recibe $20!
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Vote por KKT y recibe $20! Hmmmm... those words look slightly familiar. What really bugs me it that this was the ONLY sign on the main table where you had to stand in line to pick up your voter card. No signs in English. No "companion" sign in English...
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
I think you should complain to the election board. Shouldn't they be responsible for what goes on (or not) in the polling place?
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
If you really want to do something positive, go back to the polling place, take a picture of the sign, and post it here on Free Republic.
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Maryland only had sign in Spanish at my poll So learn Spanish, you racist Republican! lol
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posted on
11/05/2002 11:33:07 AM PST
by
montag813
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Here in california, there were many non-english voter guide books available at the polling place, but none in english! I observed this at 7:30am, and the superviser told me they had "run out" of english versions.
However, many of the people entering the polls had voter guide book in hand.
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posted on
11/05/2002 11:54:40 AM PST
by
no-s
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: Captainpaintball
Great idea about taking a pic of that sign.
Do they allow pictures in a voting place? I sure hope so!
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posted on
11/05/2002 12:31:34 PM PST
by
kitkat
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
That's nothing.
On Fifth Avenue, five minutes north of where Jackie O used to live, I only had a sign in KOREAN!
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
This is sad. In New Mexico (another RAT haven) the spanish have been here since 1598, and there was no shortage of english instructions or signs at my polling place.
Although I am proud to have been born on the Eastern Shore, I'm glad I left Maryland.
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Sorry for the vanity, but, I was wondering if I am required to be able to read Spanish to be able to properly vote in Maryland? Jim Crow strikes back? Sounds like the reading comprehension test has returned to some polls.
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posted on
11/05/2002 1:02:51 PM PST
by
weegee
To: beachn4fun
just heard on tv news in balto. city bus load of dems attacking rep pole workers t.city police trying to track them downo get them to leave polling precints so they can do as they please
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posted on
11/05/2002 3:21:57 PM PST
by
oiljake
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