Check out this beast of a paragraph below:

(2) No person who demonstrates that he has successfully completed the sixth primary grade in a public school in, or a private school accredited by, any State or territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in which the predominant classroom language was other than English, shall be denied the right to vote in any Federal, State, or local election because of his inability to read, write, understand, or interpret any matter in the English language, except that, in States in which State law provides that a different level of education is presumptive of literacy, he shall demonstrate that he has successfully completed an equivalent level of education in a public school in, or a private school accredited by, any State or territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in which the predominant classroom language was other than English. (4.e.2)

Holy wall of words, Batman. But while it's not exactly Hemingway-esque clean prose, the meaning is pretty clear: you can't be denied voting rights, even if you can't speak English.

This paragraph seems to be tipping its hat to the vibrant immigrant history of the U.S. of A. Sure, some of us have ancestors that came from English speaking countries. But tons of us have ancestors that hail from places where English isn't the official language. Many of us grew up speaking two languages: one in school and one in the home.

Still others of us are first generation immigrants: we grew up speaking a language other than English and continued to be frustrated by its idiosyncrasies (why are the words "grate" and "great" pronounced the same? Why aren't the words "mate" and "meat"?).

This law is paying homage to that fact: that to be a country of immigrants means allowing for linguistic differences. Immigration from all over the globe is the reason we Americans get to snack on things like kimchi tacos, sushirritos, and matcha green tea gelato. It's only fair that, since these delicious snacks bring us together, so should voting laws.