Why are polling place signs in Chinese and Spanish

[NOTTHOR]

I've wondered why they put the signs at the polling places in English, Spanish and Chinese. I'm not some advocate of an English as the official language or anything, but in order to vote, you must be a citizen. And in order to be a citizen you either have to have been born in the US (in which case there is probably a 99.9999% likelihood you speak English) or you have to become naturalized, part of which requires demonstrating proficiency in the English language.

So if citizens are expected to or very very likely to comprehend English, why do they have to put the ballots and polling place signs in multiple languages?

[bucketochicken]

Not everyone has the same levels of fluency. The fluency of any/most who are citizens or are nationalized is pretty fluid, so for something like elections wherein rules, instructions, procedures, etc may be of varying degrees of complexity, it is incumbent upon the Boards of Elections to level the playing field, as it were. The right to vote trumps the societal demand that everyone speak English/have a standardized level of fluency. If the signs & instructions and such were in English only, it could prevent some portions of the voting public from being able to fairly cast a ballot.