Bilingual Election Services
Title | Bilingual Election Services PDF eBook |
Author | University of New Mexico. Dept. of Linguistics. Voting Rights Project |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 346 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Elections |
ISBN |
Bilingual Election Services
Title | Bilingual Election Services PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Hudson-Edwards |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 72 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Elections |
ISBN |
Bilingual Election Services: A state of the art report
Title | Bilingual Election Services: A state of the art report PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Hudson-Edwards |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Elections |
ISBN |
A handbook of ideas for local election officials
Title | A handbook of ideas for local election officials PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Hudson-Edwards |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 72 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Elections |
ISBN |
A state of the art report
Title | A state of the art report PDF eBook |
Author | University of New Mexico. Dept. of Linguistics. Voting Rights Project |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Elections |
ISBN |
Bilingual Voting Assistance
Title | Bilingual Voting Assistance PDF eBook |
Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 56 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Asian Americans |
ISBN |
The Battle Over Bilingual Ballots
Title | The Battle Over Bilingual Ballots PDF eBook |
Author | James Thomas Tucker |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 635 |
Release | 2016-03-23 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1317040562 |
In recent years, few federal requirements have been as controversial as the mandate for what critics call 'bilingual ballots'. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 included a permanent requirement for language assistance for Puerto Rican voters educated in Spanish and ten years later Congress banned English-only elections in certain covered jurisdictions, expanding the support to include Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian-language voters and Spanish-language voters. Some commentators have condemned the language assistance provisions, underlying many of their attacks with anti-immigrant rhetoric. Although the provisions have been in effect for over three decades, until now no comprehensive study of them has been published. This book describes the evolution of the provisions, examining the evidence of educational and voting discrimination against language minorities covered by the Act. Additional chapters discuss the debate over the 2006 amendments to the Voting Rights Act, analysis of objections raised by opponents of bilingual ballots and some of the most controversial components of these requirements, including their constitutionality, cost and effectiveness. Featuring revealing case studies as well as analysis of key data, this volume makes a persuasive and much-needed case for bilingual ballots, presenting a thorough investigation of this significant and understudied area of election law and American political life.