<div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="4">Feds say state election officials wrong on Native language rules</font></b><p class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 5px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:15px;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(51,51,51)">
BY RICHARD MAUER</p><p class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:15px;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><br></p><p class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:15px;color:rgb(102,102,102)">
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<div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;width:1px;height:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0);overflow:hidden"><br>Read more here: <a href="http://www.adn.com/2014/06/04/3502213/feds-say-state-election-officials.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.adn.com/2014/06/04/3502213/feds-say-state-election-officials.html#storylink=cpy</a></div>
<p></p></div>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.<br>
<br>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.<div>
<br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">​Access full article below: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://www.adn.com/2014/06/04/3502213/feds-say-state-election-officials.html">http://www.adn.com/2014/06/04/3502213/feds-say-state-election-officials.html</a>​</div>
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