Bill > S2960

This bill, the Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections Act (or the Expanding the VOTE Act), aims to modify certain notice requirements, study certain election requirements, and clarify certain election requirements. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Expanding the definition of "voting materials" to include digital and printed materials related to the electoral process, and requiring states that provide voting materials to covered political subdivisions to also be subject to the language minority notice requirements. 2. Clarifying the provisions related to American Indian and Alaska Native languages, including exceptions for unwritten languages where only oral assistance and translation may be required, while still requiring written translations for election workers. 3. Establishing a grant program through the Election Assistance Commission to incentivize states and political subdivisions to provide voting materials in the languages of covered language minority groups not already triggering the language minority requirements. 4. Directing the Comptroller General to conduct a study on the potential impacts of reducing the population thresholds for triggering the language minority notice requirements, as well as expanding the definition of "language minorities" to include additional language groups.