Spanish voter cards ‘just a mess’ - Kansas

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Posted on: October 15th, 2006
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“Something was lost in the translation when Kansas produced its Spanish-language voter registration cards.

And now they’ll have to be replaced.

Voting-rights advocates say the Spanish card is so different from the English version — and so confusing to voters — that they’ve given up on using it for fear that mistakes could cause registrations to be invalidated.”

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