The Issue: Whether bilingual ballots should be provided in areas with nonproficient English speakers.
Linda Chavez’s commentary is right on (Bilingual Ballots Are a Bad Idea,” PostOpinion, Aug. 20).
With America’s growing drought in funding, we cannot afford to spend enormous taxpayer funds on a nationwide integration of numerous languages into our ballot systems.
Why do ethnic populations appear to huddle in small groups, speaking in a foreign tongue and not communicating with their fellow Americans?
If everyone were more assimilated, we would understand each other better, and thus strengthen this great republic. As Chavez states, those who have the right to vote should comprehend our language well enough to comprehend instructions in English.
Nancy Jancourtz
Brooklyn
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Are the English translations of Demorata, Republicano, Presidente, Senado and Congreso really that confusing?
Tom Matiska
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
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Chavez puts common sense into an ongoing argument — if only citizens can vote, and English proficiency is a requirement to be a citizen, why are we wasting so much money printing ballots and other government literature in other languages?
As it is, local, state and federal agencies can barely pay their bills, and we have nearly defaulted as a nation.
This waste must now end.
Speaking English is a glue that unites us as a nation.
Theodore Miraldi
The Bronx