Comments on: Governor Sticky Rice and Mayor Imbecile

By: dogbert

dogbert — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:24:58 +0000

Note that George and Jeb Bush pandered notoriously to the Latino vote.

By: jtb-in-texas

jtb-in-texas — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:06:29 +0000

note that Dim-o-crat politicians all seem to like the idea of people who don’t understand English voting in US elections…

Not Democrats or Republicans… Just Idiotarians…

By: Pawi's conscience

Pawi's conscience — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:41:01 +0000

If they honestly wanted to make it simpler for people who can’t read, they would be demanding that pictures of the candidates be put on the ballot.

Disaster:
http://econrsss.anu.edu.au/~al.....icians.pdf

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:29:46 +0000

“If they don’t even know the English names of the people they are voting for, how are they going to make an informed decision on who to vote for?”

Bingo. If they honestly wanted to make it simpler for people who can’t read, they would be demanding that pictures of the candidates be put on the ballot.

By: dda

dda — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:34:02 +0000

In Hong Kong permanent residents and companies can vote in LegCo elections — which means that foreign owners of some HK based companies and foreign people who’ve been 7+ years and qualified for the permanent ID card can vote for the equivalent of general elections. I have seen quite a bit of campaigning, including from the government to entice eligible people to register. Apparently HK voters are not very motivated… Explains probably why they even go the extra mile and scrape the bottom of the barrel by allowing companies to vote, too…

Anyway, while the government’s efforts are bilingual — albeit a little on the HongKonglish side of things — campaigning is done solely [and loudly!] in Cantonese, and I wonder how people who’ve been here 10 or 20 years and still don’t speak enough Cantonese to order 飮茶 can really make an informed decision on who to vote for. My guess would be they either vote like their woman, or they don’t bother at all…

By: Granfalloon

Granfalloon — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:32:58 +0000

Y’know, I read about stuff like this and I wonder if the measure proposed by the folks at Boston isn’t actually being put forth by the anti-immigration sector as an agitator, because it’s JUST THAT STUPID. If these voters can’t understand the English speeches that the candidates make (which seem more and more dumbed down as the years go by), they shouldn’t be voting.

By: dda

dda — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:28:12 +0000

Would it be a goo moment to link this post with the one about integration of Asian minorities in the US?

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:20:00 +0000

This idea is flawed in principle.
English — only — should be used. Ballot lists, written in different languages — could easily be kept at voting stations so that if someone wanted to see the names in another language, they could simply ask for the list, thus solving that problem. Basically, this is just an issue of aiding your constituents in the most effective manner that does not add to the bureaucracy and confusion.

By: stacked

stacked — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:07:35 +0000

If they don’t even know the English names of the people they are voting for, how are they going to make an informed decision on who to vote for?

This is a bunch of retarded Chinese nationalism.

I’d like to see where it goes. Hopefully your government isn’t truly as stupid as they act.

By: seoulk

seoulk — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:13:02 +0000

Got a nutty little suggestion for the “Chinese Progressive Association” — why not print up some freakin flyers with name/character translations and hand em out?