Under the Voting Rights Act, any legal jurisdiction with at least 5 percent of its population speaking something other than English as a foreign language must provide ballots and voting support in that language, as well as English. But, whether intentionally or inadvertently, many jurisdictions are ignoring that requirement.
Super Tuesday elections across 10 states have Republicans at the polls, choosing who they want to represent their party in this year’s presidential election. While each candidate is expected to do well in at least one state, the eyes of the nation are on Ohio and Georgia.
As Mitt Romney looks to consolidate his position in Arizona, and perhaps shore up support for the general election in a state that used to be solidly Republican but it slowly turning purple, he picked up a key endorsement from popular Gov. Jan Brewer.