State settles Yup'ik language ballot lawsuit (UPDATED) (fwd link)

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State settles Yup'ik language ballot lawsuit (UPDATED)

Posted by thevillage
Posted: February 19, 2010 - 10:15 am
USA

The state has settled a lawsuit brought by Yup'ik elders and tribal
councils in Western Alaska demanding that the Division of Elections
provide ballots and other election materials in Yup'ik.

The Attorney General announced the settlement today. The Native
American Rights Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union filed the
suit in 2007, suing the state and the city of Bethel.

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