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RD__III t1_it3ul9c wrote

Reply to comment by KingfisherDays in [OC] US counties required to provide non-English ballots under the Voting Rights Act, by number of languages by USAFacts_Official

I mean, you're required to "Be able to read, write, and speak basic English" to become a citizen per CIS. The vast majority of natural born citizens would also likely have at least a basic grasp of the language. The only real fringe case would be someone born in the USA, lived somewhere else for most of their life, then came back. but that's a fringe case.

I don't see anything wrong with supplying other languages, especially Spanish given our demographics and proximity to Latin America. But, if you're eligible to vote, you probably shouldn't *need* a non English one.

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PM_ME_UR_SEAHORSE t1_it6jls9 wrote

Native Americans have been citizens since 1924 and some don't speak English or don't speak it well, ballots need to be printed in sixteen Indigenous languages in counties shown on this map

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Mayor__Defacto t1_it5ioni wrote

For one thing, the USA does not have an official language. Some communities have schools that don’t teach in english. Others have schools where you can opt-in to a full language immersion curriculum - for example, some places in Oregon where you could opt to have your children learn k-12 in Vietnamese.

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