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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People asked this 20 years ago, and its as perplexing today as then.

Almost all election content is in English, outside of a few targeted adds here and there. So either this is pure virtue signaling, or very low information voters are voting. Not sure which is worse. [/quote]

You might be perplexed, but most people are not perplexed. Maybe you're one of those very low information voters you're worried about?[/quote]

Maybe I am, but I'm willing to learn. Where are non-English speaking voters getting information about things like bond issuances, Board of Education positions, initiatives and the like? [/quote]

Find some to ask, and ask them.

Or mind your own business.[/quote]

So I should find someone that doesn't speak English and ask them in English where they get their information on how to vote on a bond? [/quote]

Minding your own business is always an option.[/quote]

I'll take this as an admission that non-English [b]voters are overwhelmingly low-info, with many probably voting as instructed by some community power broker.[/b] Which is hardly an ideal state if you want functional democracy, justifying the suspicion people have of this practice. [/quote]

I take it you're in favor of abolishing Fox News based on the bolded language?[/quote]

Why does the truth about non-English voters get under your skin so much? If they started to vote "the other way" you would start treating them just like you do Fox News voters. You only defend the practice because you benefit from it. [/quote]

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