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• Position: STATELINE - Minority language assistance in voting - Brief article

Fewer jurisdictions in 2012 than in 2002 will be required to provide minority language assistance, as required by the Voting Rights Act. The Census Bureau recently released a list of 248 "covered" jurisdictions in 25 states, which is down from 296 jurisdictions in 30 states in 2002. Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act requires native language assistance for Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives and certain Asian lang groups, a total of 68 languages...