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RE: VRA Section 203: language-minority provisions



Executive summary:  “a state or political subdivision must provide language assistance to voters if more than 5 percent of the voting age citizens are members of a single-language minority group”.

 

It would be interesting to know how they define “or political subdivision”. 

 

Ken

 

 

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From: owner-announce@gesn.com [mailto:owner-announce@gesn.com] On Behalf Of Lesley Thompson
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Subject: VRA Section 203: language-minority provisions

 

FROM electionline.org:  Today, the Census Bureau and the Department of Justice released data on the jurisdiction-specific requirements for compliance with the Section 203 language-minority provisions of the Voting Rights Act.  Full text of the Federal Register notice is available at www.electionline.org  under the headline "Section 203 Data Released."