San Luis, Arizona, is a small southwestern municipality where the vast majority of the inhabitants are Mexican-American and where the Spanish language is pervasive. The city’s Mayor, who is Latino, has challenged the eligibility of a candidate for City Council, Alejandrina Cabrera, also Hispanic, and has sought to block Cabrera’s name from the ballot on the ground that Cabrera is not proficient in English. - See more at: http://verdict.justia.com/2012/02/02/english-language-proficiency-and-elective-office-in-the-southwest#sthash.CIaNeO6Z.dpuf