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May 11, 2006

U.S. House panel votes to retain bilingual ballots

"A key House panel on Wednesday voted to continue requiring bilingual ballots and translation assistance for voters in 31 states, including help for Native Americans and Hispanics in Arizona who are not fluent in English.

The House Judiciary Committee rejected efforts to cut the language-assistance provision from a bill to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act, set to expire next year.

The action also signaled that, with legislation still pending to curb illegal immigration and beef up border security, there is little appetite among House Republican leaders to further upset Hispanic voters in an election year."

The story is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at May 11, 2006 01:29 PM