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Originally posted by ltl/fb
That's Spanish only -- what about other languages?
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Also 5 percent (or 10,000 native language speakers). Stems from the pesky Voting Right Act, which I assume Spanky, Sebby and the Senate want to get rid of.
See, Harris County's 2004 Language Assistance Report
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On July 26, 2002 Harris County was notified of new Vietnamese language minority requirements that apply to all election related forms, voting instructions, etc. that are used to disseminate information to the general public. All official documents, affidavits, and especially ballot language must be translated into the appropriate language.
Language minority requirements are triggered based on a determination made by the United States Census Department. These determinations identify two possible criteria that may be met to require new language minority requirements, one is a population that makes up at least 5% of the jurisdiction or ten thousand individuals of a single language minority group possessing limited English proficiency. The latter criteria was used in the assessment of Harris County to trigger new Vietnamese language requirements in 2002.
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