Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.

On September 7th, U.S. District Court Judge, Mark Walker, issued a 27-page Order in Rivera Madera v Detzner, n.d., 1:18cv-152.

The issue is whether 32 particular Florida Counties should have provided Ballots in both English and Spanish, instead of just English.

Because the Election is so close, the Judge denied the Request of the Plaintiffs for Bilingual Ballots. But he Ordered that the 32 Counties Publish Spanish-language Ballots on their websites.

The Supervisor of Election shall make available a facsimile sample ballot in Spanish to voters who fall within the ambit of Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act. The sample ballots shall have matching size, information, layout, placement, and fonts as an official ballot does. The sample ballots need not be completely identical; for example, the sample ballot need not contain bar codes or other markings that official ballots may have or be printed on the same stock, etc.

CLICK HERE to read the 27 page (pdf) Order.









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