The Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) and New York-based LatinoJustice are threatening lawsuits against Gwinnett and Hall counties to provide Spanish ballots, voter guides, poll workers and website information, citing a federal Voting Rights Act provision. Robert Vandervoort of the Washington-based ProEnglish notes that a U.S. citizen is required to be English-proficient, and questions why bilingual ballots are needed at all. He says this latest attack on English as the tie that binds all Americans underscores the need for the proposed constitutional amendment (S.R. 675) designating English as the official language of Georgia’s government, and why GALEO’s ship should be SINKING…
New York man arrested over threats to Mike Collins
Georgia law enforcement officials traveled all the way up to Buffalo, New York this week to arrest a man charged with making death threats to U.S. Rep. Mike Collins and his son-in-law. The suspect faces two counts of terroristic threats. “No American should have to worry that their home could be the next Butler, Pennsylvania or Utah Valley University,” said Collins after the arrest, referring to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and attempted assassination of then-candidate Donald Trump. He went on to condemn the campaign rhetoric of U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, who he’s running against, for inciting violence. DRIFTING…
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