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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was surprised to see the the ballot duplicates all the questions and instructions in spanish.  What's the point?  You have to be a U.S. citizen to vote, which means you must know the language.

Also - there are scores of languages spoken by citizens in this area.  Why spanish?

IMHO, that ballot would be simpler for all if if was just in english.

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Many, many US citizens cannot speak English, especially many elderly.  Spanish is the de facto 2nd official language in this country, and has been for decades.  The US could easily declare itself bilingual, you could easily live here your entire life never needing to speak a word of English.   Generally, yes, you need to be a citizen to vote, however, some counties allow local county election votes from non-citizens - perhaps Green card holders?  I'm not sure what the qualification is for those local votes, and I don't know which counties allow this in the country, but there are a few, last time I read about this. 
FEDERAL elections and STATE elections are only for U.S. citizens, in every county in the country.[/quote]

Montgomery is not one of those counties. At least not yet. [/quote]

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