§ 17-19-54. Bilingual voting material requirements.
(a) Pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973aa-la, a city or town shall be subject to the provisions of the bilingual voting materials
requirement whenever the Director of the Census determines, based on census data,
that:
(1) More than five percent (5%) of the citizens of voting age of a city or town are members
of a single language minority and are limited-English proficient; or
(2)(i) More than ten thousand (10,000) of the citizens of voting age of a city or town are
members of a sing
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§ 17-19-54. Bilingual voting material requirements.
(a) Pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973aa-la, a city or town shall be subject to the provisions of the bilingual voting materials
requirement whenever the Director of the Census determines, based on census data,
that:
(1) More than five percent (5%) of the citizens of voting age of a city or town are members
of a single language minority and are limited-English proficient; or
(2)(i) More than ten thousand (10,000) of the citizens of voting age of a city or town are
members of a single language minority and are limited-English proficient; and
(ii) The illiteracy rate of the citizens in the language minority as a group is higher
than the national illiteracy rate.
(b) Whenever a city or town subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section
provides any registration or voting notices, forms, instructions, assistance, or other
materials or information relating to the electoral process, including ballots, it
shall provide them in the language of the applicable minority group as well as in
the English language.
(c) Whenever the state provides any registration or voting notices, forms, instructions,
assistance, or other materials or information relating to the electoral process, including
ballots, to a city or town subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section,
it shall provide them in the language of the applicable minority group as well as
in the English language.
(d) The provisions of this section shall apply to all ballots issued or required under
the provisions of this chapter.