EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Eugene Lee
Organization : | Asian Pacific American Legal Ctr. of So. CA
Post Date : | 9/30/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 2.2.7
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Comment : | NAPALC has been engaged in national discussions around election reform. In addition to playing a major role in the national Election Protection 2004 efforts this past election, NAPALC engaged local partners to work with local jurisdictions to provide language assistance in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. NAPALC has presented at various events on problems seen through our work and recommendations on how to address these problems. Working with our national allies and our local counterparts, NAPALC advocates for election reform that will help address problems seen during the last election. We hereby submit the attached comments to the proposed Guidelines. The comments focus on the Guidelines as they pertain to API voters who are not yet fully proficient in English. Where we provide comments directly to the text of the proposed Guidelines, suggested deletions are marked by strikethrough [here *] and suggested additions are marked by underlining [here +]. Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments. We continue to be interested in helping to ensure that voting systems are accessible to all voters including language minority voters. If we can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Attach file : | NAPALC-APALC Comments on EAC Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 9_29_05.pdf