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Election Material Language Access for the APPI Population in Champaign County

With a large Chinese population, Champaign County should have all information regarding elections in both English and Chinese.

Read More | August 27, 2020

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Election Material Language Access for the APPI Population in Ramsey County

Evidence indicates that Ramsey County should be covered by Voting Rights Act Section 203 for its Hmong-speaking residents.

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Election Material Language Access for the APPI Population in Maui County

Maui County should be covered by Voting Rights Act Section 203 for its Tagalog and Japanese-speaking residents.

Read More | August 27, 2020

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Election Material Language Access for the APPI Population in Hudson County

Strong evidence shows that Hudson County should be covered by Voting Rights Act Section 203 for their Tagalog and Chinese residents.

Read More | August 27, 2020

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Election Material Language Access for the APPI Population in Kauaʻi County

Evidence shows Kaua’i County should be covered by Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act for their Tagalog and Japanese-speaking residents.

Read More | August 27, 2020

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Election Material Language Access for the APPI Population in Hawaii County

Hawaii County needs to be doing more for their growing Filipino and Japanese communities, specifically Tagalog and Japanese material.

Read More | August 27, 2020

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Absentee Ballot Language Access Materials for Spanish-language Limited-English Proficiency Voters

Gwinnett County fails to comply with Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act for the Spanish-speaking population. Change needs to be made in order to assist Spanish-Speaking voters rather than burden them.

Analysis of New York State’s Absentee Ballot Laws and Process and the Immediate Need for Absentee Ballot Reform

With the rise in COVID-19, New York’s election laws need to improve their absentee ballot process in order to ensure that there is no voter disenfranchisement.

Protecting Public Health in the 2020 Elections

This first-of-its-kind report brings together political science data with public health insights on the spread of COVID-19 to conclude that the safety of in-person voting during the 2020 elections depends on expanding absentee voting, eliminating polling place congestion, and reducing wait times at polling stations. The report reviews existing medical literature on risk factors for COVID-19, political science research on congestion during voting, and evidence of the public health impacts of the 2020 primary elections to create urgent policy recommendations for the November general election.

Letter to Fort Bend

The UCLA Voting Rights Project has observed that Fort Bend County is not providing its sizable and rapidly growing Chinese and Vietnamese communities with the resources to best exercise their right to vote. The UCLA Voting Rights Project wrote a letter to bring this shortcoming to the Fort Bend County’s attention so that their officials can collaborate to provide a timely remedy in advance of the upcoming elections.

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