English speaking Americans say it's unfair that a commonwealth's ballots are printed in Spanish only.
"I'm not trying to ram English down people's throats," said Robert McCarroll, one of the plaintiffs. "But to me it is a basic issue of fairness."
Did we mention this event happened in Puerto Rico?
It seems a U.S. federal court agreed with the plaintiffs and has ordered that ballots also be printed in English. The plaintiffs' attorney argued Spanish only ballots violated his clients' civil rights because it constituted discrimination against a group that is a minority on the island, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
In his ruling, the judge referenced a 1975 amendment to the Voting Rights Act, which mandates that governments provide ballots in the language of a minority group if it constitutes 5 percent or more of the voting population.
-- Jim Grinstead
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