Iowa attorney general appeals decision allowing non-English voting materials

[RandySF]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is appealing a judge’s decision that cleared the way for election officials to offer non-English voting materials to the public.

“We are appealing the district court’s decision against the Secretary of State’s Office to protect election integrity and defend state law,” Bird said Wednesday in a written statement. “The Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act is clear: All official documents are to be written in English — including voter registration forms. We look forward to arguing our case in court to uphold the act and secure the integrity of our elections.”

Under the district court’s June 29 ruling, Iowa counties are allowed, at their discretion, to provide citizens with non-English ballots, voter-registration forms and absentee ballot applications. The decision dissolved a 15-year-old injunction that had previously blocked the practice.

The court’s ruling grew out of a lawsuit filed on behalf of the League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa (LULAC). The lawsuit challenged the state’s application of the English Language Reaffirmation Act to election materials. The act, which was signed into law by Gov. Tom Vilsack in 2002, requires that all political documents from the state “shall be in the English language” unless the materials are deemed “​​necessary to secure the rights guaranteed by the Constitution.”



https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/iowa-attorney-general-appeals-decision-allowing-non-english-voting-materials

[SCantiGOP]

1. English was good enough for Jesus

When he wrote the Constitution.

[Permanut]

3. King James English, of course.

[gratuitous]

2. And Republicans can't figure out why they're unpopular with so many people

It would seem to be a no-brainer that one of the rights guaranteed to citizens is the right to vote. But Republicans would really like that not to be the case, at least so far as non-white, non-wealthy citizens are concerned.

[econron]

4. IOWA

Iowa is now in defensive mode.

Governor has a Liberal Studies degree from ISU after flunking out of Northwest Mo State

Bird elected because coal rolling Busch Light drinking rural voters thought her ads were cool

Republicans are scared of the immigrants who process all the food in Iowa can vote.

I could go on and on with a political and economic analysis but will leave that for another day.

[MagickMuffin]

5. Ah oh in Tarrant County, Texas we have English, Spanish, and Vietnamese

Iowa so afraid of language other than your own?


We all know it’s suppression of individuals rights who might not vote for them!