result #122885 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES

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DIRECTIONAL SIGNS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES

[+] serious ballot by patch22us
ACTIVE Feb 05,2008 - Fri Feb 15, 08

It's not an uncommon sight for me to see, but this morning for some reason I took special notice of the Voting signs that were posted. At all voting places there were many big signs directing people where to go to vote. The languages represented were English, Spanish, Korean and Chinese. That's pretty common though, as almost all signage for directions, how and who to call in an emergency, etc., are in those same languages in NY.

Does this bother you? Do you think the signs should only be in English? Please explain your choice with a comment as well.

No, this does not bother me at all.	5
Yes, this bothers me. They should be in English only	3

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COMMENTS:
Voted : No, this does not bother me at all.
Given the racial diversity of the country, it makes perfect sense to me.

by patch22us on Tue Feb 05, 08 9:42am [+]

"Please explain your choice with a comment as well."

by patch22us on Tue Feb 05, 08 10:52am [+]

Voted : No, this does not bother me at all.
Almost all second generation immigrants learn English, so I don't see the harm.

by skylab on Tue Feb 05, 08 11:59am [+]

Yes, 88% Skylab. :) One of my quiz ballots.

by patch22us on Tue Feb 05, 08 12:04pm [+]

Voted : No, this does not bother me at all.
but what about other languages? Swahili, german, russian, japanese, etc.

how about just a little ballot box pictures representing voting? that would be universal.

by LCD on Tue Feb 05, 08 12:31pm [+]

I guess you'd first have to find out what a good image would be and if it were universal, you'd probably have to spend a fortune promoting to everyone that the image meant "here to vote." I think the signs did have a picture on them? Can't recall. But that's another issue. If I can't recall what that image is, what does that say.

As for the other languages, I think it is fair to consider what your major population demographics are. For example, in a small town in the Midwest, I can't see them having it in any language but Englis and Spanish. But I do know from a book that in Ohio, they used to have the signs in German too.

by patch22us on Tue Feb 05, 08 1:48pm [+]

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