House panel supports bilingual voting

Posted on: May 11th, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Politics ]
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“What was to have been a simple renewal of the historic Voting Rights Act has become snarled in the heated debate involving immigration issues.

Conservative House members tried Wednesday to end a requirement in the 1965 law that bilingual ballots and interpreters be provided in states and counties where large numbers of citizens speak limited English.

The House Judiciary Committee rejected the effort.”

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