Spanish ballots go unused Township still operates under 1976 ruling in Michigan

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Posted on: July 31st, 2006
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“Clyde Township, in rural Allegan County, is one of only two townships in Michigan required to print its voting ballots in both English and Spanish.

The township has been tied to a requirement of the federal Voting Rights Act since 1976. That practice isn’t going away, even though, in the words of one county official, the township’s population “doesn’t really need it.”

Clyde Township is mandated by the federal government to provide a Spanish ballot to voters. The other is Buena Vista Township in Saginaw County.”

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