Springfield mayor pledges to uphold rights of Hispanic voters. Massachusetts

Posted on: August 25th, 2006
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“Springfield Mayor Charles Ryan, responding to a federal lawsuit accusing the city of violating rights of Hispanic voters, detailed steps the city is taking to uphold those rights.
In a declaration filed in federal court Thursday, Ryan said the city is actively recruiting more bilingual poll workers, expanding training of all poll workers to help Spanish-speaking voters and translating all election-related materials into Spanish. “

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