Matt Kohn
Matt Kohn
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When I interviewed Rep. King in May 2003, he seemed very concerned about voting rights, and running elections smoothly. He was in favor of paper ballots, which is generally a good idea. It was obvious that his bill was a "Republican version" of Rush Holt's (D-NJ). King's bill left it up to states to police their elections administrators and veryify the efficacy of voting machines.
But he didn't seem like a bad guy.
Two days ago, renewal of the Voting Rights Act was brought to a halt because King wrote a letter, which seeks to eliminate mulitlingual balloting from the guarantees the Act provides. 79 Republicans signed the letter, mostly from the South.
Following is an excerpt of the letter, published proudly on King's own site:
"Multilingual ballots divide our country, increase the risk of voter error and fraud, and burden local taxpayers. The multilingual ballot mandate encourages the linguistic division of our nation and contradicts the "Melting Pot" ideal that has made us the most successful multi-ethnic nation on earth. This increasingly burdensome mandate on state and local governments to provide multilingual voting materials also serves to undermine the election process. It contradicts the requirement that immigrants need to demonstrate the ability to read and understand English in order to become naturalized citizens. The existence of multilingual ballots increases the risk of election errors and fraud. Furthermore, not only are multilingual ballots an unfunded mandate, but they are a waste of taxpayer funds because they are mandated by the VRA without regard to whether they are actually used."
It's despicable that King, who claims to be a moderate concerned about counting every vote and making sure that every American who has the right to vote can get that vote counted, would author this letter, and lead this new movemen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqSieGAcldo
When I interviewed Rep. King in May 2003, he seemed very concerned about voting rights, and running elections smoothly. He was in favor of paper ballots, which is generally a good idea. It was obvious that his bill was a "Republican version" of Rush Holt's (D-NJ). King's bill left it up to states to police their elections administrators and veryify the efficacy of voting machines.
But he didn't seem like a bad guy.
Two days ago, renewal of the Voting Rights Act was brought to a halt because King wrote a letter, which seeks to eliminate mulitlingual balloting from the guarantees the Act provides. 79 Republicans signed the letter, mostly from the South.
Following is an excerpt of the letter, published proudly on King's own site:
"Multilingual ballots divide our country, increase the risk of voter error and fraud, and burden local taxpayers. The multilingual ballot mandate encourages the linguistic division of our nation and contradicts the "Melting Pot" ideal that has made us the most successful multi-ethnic nation on earth. This increasingly burdensome mandate on state and local governments to provide multilingual voting materials also serves to undermine the election process. It contradicts the requirement that immigrants need to demonstrate the ability to read and understand English in order to become naturalized citizens. The existence of multilingual ballots increases the risk of election errors and fraud. Furthermore, not only are multilingual ballots an unfunded mandate, but they are a waste of taxpayer funds because they are mandated by the VRA without regard to whether they are actually used."
It's despicable that King, who claims to be a moderate concerned about counting every vote and making sure that every American who has the right to vote can get that vote counted, would author this letter, and lead this new movemen
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