State won't put Yup'ik on ballots (fwd link)

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State won't put Yup'ik on ballots

MARY LOCHNER
mlochner at alaskanewspapers.com

July 15, 2008 at 12:56PM AKST

The state of Alaska cannot legally be required to provide written voting
materials in Yup’ik.

The ruling, made Tuesday, July 8, by U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess, was
handed down just before a three-judge panel heard arguments on whether the
state of Alaska and the city of Bethel should be required, by court order, to
provide Yup'ik-speaking voters with other forms of language assistance in
upcoming elections.

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