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Language Assistance under the Voting Rights Act : Are Voters Lost in Translation?

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (151 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739198100
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language Assistance under the Voting Rights ActDDC classification:
  • 324.65
LOC classification:
  • JK1976
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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