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September 27, 2018
ACLU OF TEXAS PUTS COUNTIES ON NOTICE FOR POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT
A number of counties in Texas are not complying with the Voting Rights Act as to bilingual poll workers https://www.aclutx.org/en/press-releases/aclu-texas-puts-counties-notice-possible-violations-voting-rights-act
HOUSTON With weeks to go before the November 6 election, the ACLU of Texas has sent advisal letters to 36 counties across Texas that may be in violation of the Voting Rights Act. The letters urge the identified counties to comply with a provision in the law that requires any information about voting or elections to be provided in English and Spanish in counties where more than 10,000 or more than 5% of all voting age citizens are Spanish-speakers with low English proficiency.
Counties need to ensure that they are providing all citizens with information that will enable them to vote, said Edgar Saldivar, senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Texas. The obligation to provide information in Spanish is a simple but important requirement which helps to remove barriers to voting in the state with the largest number of counties needing foreign language voting materials.
ACLU of Texas attorneys reviewed county election websites and looked at whether pertinent information was made available in Spanish, including voter identification information, key voting dates, voter registration information, and applications for ballot by mail and absentee voting. The preliminary research determined that 36 counties had inadequate or inaccessible information in Spanish, had poor or misleading translations, or offered no voting information in Spanish at all. For example, one county's use of an automated translation service translated the term runoff election as election water leak or election drainage.
Several counties have already responded positively to the letters, agreeing to comply with the Voting Rights Act and include Spanish language voting information on their websites.
Counties need to ensure that they are providing all citizens with information that will enable them to vote, said Edgar Saldivar, senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Texas. The obligation to provide information in Spanish is a simple but important requirement which helps to remove barriers to voting in the state with the largest number of counties needing foreign language voting materials.
ACLU of Texas attorneys reviewed county election websites and looked at whether pertinent information was made available in Spanish, including voter identification information, key voting dates, voter registration information, and applications for ballot by mail and absentee voting. The preliminary research determined that 36 counties had inadequate or inaccessible information in Spanish, had poor or misleading translations, or offered no voting information in Spanish at all. For example, one county's use of an automated translation service translated the term runoff election as election water leak or election drainage.
Several counties have already responded positively to the letters, agreeing to comply with the Voting Rights Act and include Spanish language voting information on their websites.
September 27, 2018
Luckovich-Trump and Kavanaugh practicing
September 26, 2018
Luckovich-Trump has united the world in laughter
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September 26, 2018
Cook Political Report Moves Texas Senate race to Toss Up
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1044586553756987393
September 26, 2018
Cook Political Report Moves Texas Senate race to Toss Up
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1044586553756987393
September 26, 2018
Text of opening statement from Dr. Ford for Thursday's hearing,
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1045061285572939776
September 26, 2018
Ted Cruz is what's wrong with Texas politics
https://twitter.com/ChronFalkenberg/status/1044924181803134977
September 26, 2018
President Trump has grown increasingly dissatisfied with the way Brett Kavanaugh has defended himself in wake of sexual assault allegations that have threatened to derail his Supreme Court nomination, CNN reports.
It has led the President to believe that he must personally take charge of defending his embattled nominee ahead of Thursdays critical appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Trump made the decision to hold a news conference on the eve of the hearing, making it the fourth he has held as president.
The news conference is scheduled at 5 p.m. ET.
Trump to Take Over Defense of Kavanaugh
This will be fun to watch https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/26/trump-wants-to-take-over-defense-of-kavanaugh/
President Trump has grown increasingly dissatisfied with the way Brett Kavanaugh has defended himself in wake of sexual assault allegations that have threatened to derail his Supreme Court nomination, CNN reports.
It has led the President to believe that he must personally take charge of defending his embattled nominee ahead of Thursdays critical appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Trump made the decision to hold a news conference on the eve of the hearing, making it the fourth he has held as president.
The news conference is scheduled at 5 p.m. ET.
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