(Glenn) County (CA) must put election material in Spanish
Susan Meeker / Tri-County Newspapers
Federal officials are requiring Glenn County election ballots to be printed in English and Spanish beginning with the June 5 primary.
The U.S Department of Justice requires a county to print bilingual materials if more than 5 percent of voting age population are members of a single-language minority and are limited in English proficiency, election officials said Wednesday ...
Alves said in addition to the decennial census, federal officials use information from the American Community Survey to determine if the voting-age population within a county has limited English proficiency and an illiteracy rate higher than the national rate ...
In addition to the English/Spanish ballots, Alves said all election materials, including registration cards and information booklets containing candidate statements, will be translated into Spanish ...
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