[NeoteriX @ Jul 31st 2007 1:33PM]

You may be pretty naive if you don't think non-English speaking citizens cannot functionally participate in our democratic government. For instance, Hillary Clinton has her whole site translated into Spanish: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/es/

Furthermore, there is 1% ethnic language speaking population requirement for ballots and other voting materials to be provided in another language, per the Voting Rights Act. If you go to any community that meets that minimum requirement, I will guarantee that there will be local ethnic print media (with coverage of the election) and maybe even ethnic radio broadcasts. Some areas even have ethnic local television statements.

Do not discount the importance of family--many immigrant households may have one or a handful of English speakers, and there are most certainly discussions on the candidates, with family members who are more politically attuned informing others.

Lastly, let's not forget the fact that immigrants may have developed conversational English, so that they may watch the news, listen to the radio, and discuss politics with friends; however, they may not have the reading skills necessary to read a ballot and vote.

It's a very erroneous view to think that Immigrants can't vote, and it's probably the strongest advantage of electronic voting.