Bill > S2442

Introduced Session

This bill clarifies the bilingual Spanish and English language accessibility requirements applicable to printing primary and general election ballots in certain districts. Under current law, the county clerk is required to print the primary and general election sample ballots in both English and Spanish for each election district within the county in which the primary language of 10 percent or more of the registered voters is Spanish. The statutes further provide that the sample ballots must be facsimiles of the official primary or general election ballots. This bill inserts the same language printing requirements in the statutes applicable to the official primary and general election ballots. The bill requires the county clerk to print in English the official primary election ballots of each political party, and the official general election ballots, and to print such ballots in both English and Spanish for each election district within the county in which the primary language of 10 percent or more of the registered voters is Spanish. The bill clarifies that the same bilingual printing requirements apply to mail-in ballots, the inner and outer envelopes, and the printed directions for the preparation and transmitting of such ballots. The bill also deletes a reference to a repealed section of law.

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Tony Bucco (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee (on 02/05/2024)

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