Feds say state election officials wrong on Native language rules (fwd link)

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*Feds say state election officials wrong on Native language rules*

BY RICHARD MAUER


rmauer at adn.comJune 4, 2014

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http://www.adn.com/2014/06/04/3502213/feds-say-state-election-officials.html#storylink=cpy

A federal judge on Wednesday overruled state election officials and said
the constitutional right to vote requires Alaska to translate all election
materials into Native languages for voters with limited English skills.

Siding with village plaintiffs in a voting rights lawsuit against Lt. Gov.
Mead Treadwell and three other Alaska election officials, U.S. District
Judge Sharon Gleason ruled that as a matter of law, the state is obligated
to match all English materials -- including pamphlets, instructions,
registration materials and ballots -- with Yup'ik, Cup'ik and Gwich'in
translations.

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