Language Assistance under the Voting Rights Act : Are Voters Lost in Translation?
Reilly, Shauna.
Language Assistance under the Voting Rights Act : Are Voters Lost in Translation? - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (151 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Ballot Accessibility and the Language Minority Provisions -- Legal Framework of Minority Language Ballot Access -- Minority Language Voters -- Readability of Ballot Measures -- Analysis of State and County Policies on Minority Language Ballot -- Political Actors -- Conclusion and Policy Potential -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
This book examines the translation of minority language ballots and voter accommodation in state and local elections. It includes a focus on the translation of direct democracy measures as well as the cause and effect differences in the translated ballots, and offers insight into how jurisdictions interact with federally mandated language assistance.
9780739198100
Linguistic minorities - Suffrage - United States.
Electronic books.
JK1976
324.65
Language Assistance under the Voting Rights Act : Are Voters Lost in Translation? - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (151 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Ballot Accessibility and the Language Minority Provisions -- Legal Framework of Minority Language Ballot Access -- Minority Language Voters -- Readability of Ballot Measures -- Analysis of State and County Policies on Minority Language Ballot -- Political Actors -- Conclusion and Policy Potential -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
This book examines the translation of minority language ballots and voter accommodation in state and local elections. It includes a focus on the translation of direct democracy measures as well as the cause and effect differences in the translated ballots, and offers insight into how jurisdictions interact with federally mandated language assistance.
9780739198100
Linguistic minorities - Suffrage - United States.
Electronic books.
JK1976
324.65