Posted: November 4, 2008
Colorado Spanish-speaking voters protest the lack of bilingual pollworkers at vote centers
Spanish-speaking voters are protesting today over too few bilingual poll workers at voting centers in Weld County Colorado. The voters allege that of the 11 vote centers in the city, only 2 are staffed with bilingual poll workers and both require a vehicle to reach them. County officials assured non-profit groups before the election that 5 of the vote centers would be staffed with bilingual workers.
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Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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