Language assistance under the voting rights act : are voters lost in translation? / Shauna Reilly.

By:

Reilly, Shauna, 1980- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 131 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780739198100
0739198106
0739198092
9780739198094

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language assistance under the voting rights act : are voters lost in translation?DDC classification:

324.65 23

LOC classification:

KF4896.L56

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Summary: This book examines the translation of minority language ballots and voter accommodation in state and local elections. It includes a focus on the translation of direct democracy measures as well as the cause and effect differences in the translated ballots, and offers insight into how jurisdictions interact with federally mandated language assistance.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 29, 2015).

This book examines the translation of minority language ballots and voter accommodation in state and local elections. It includes a focus on the translation of direct democracy measures as well as the cause and effect differences in the translated ballots, and offers insight into how jurisdictions interact with federally mandated language assistance.

English.

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