Settlement in voting rights case - Hostile Treatment of Latino Voters
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at 03:35AM
TheSpook
The U.S. Justice Department Tuesday announced an agreement with Suffolk
County, settling allegations that the county had in the past violated
the rights of Spanish-speaking voters. Under the terms of the
settlement, the county agreed to translate voting materials into
Spanish, train poll workers to assist Spanish-speaking voters, and
investigate and remove any poll workers "who have engaged in hostile
treatment of Spanish-speaking or Hispanic voters," according to Roslynn
Mauskopf, the United States attorney for the Eastern District. [more]
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