Usted tiene derecho a votar, incluso si su lengua materna no es el

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Usted tiene derecho a votar, incluso si su lengua materna no es el
Usted tiene derecho a votar, incluso si su lengua materna no es el Inglés
La sección 203 de la Ley Federal de Derecho al Voto (VRA, por sus siglas en inglés) provee
protecciones de acceso lingüístico para muchos votantes que tienen una capacidad limitada
para leer, escribir o entender el Inglés. Bajo la ley VRA, los votantes que viven dentro de ciertas
jurisdicciones deben recibir recursos para votar en su lengua materna, incluyendo:
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Todos los correos masivos relacionados con la elección
Avisos públicos y anuncios de actividades electorales
Formularios de inscripción y registradores bilingües
Instrucciones de votación, boletas electorales y trabajadores bilingües
Actualmente, veinticinco estados están total o parcialmente cubiertos por la ley.
Las áreas incluídas en la sección 203 para español:
Alaska: Aleutians East Borough
Arizona: Maricopa County; Pima County; Santa Cruz
County; Yuma County
California: State Coverage; Alameda County; Colusa
County; Contra Costa County; Fresno County; Glenn
County; Imperial County; Kern County; Kings County; Los
Angeles County; Madera County; Merced County;
Monterey County; Napa County; Orange County; Riverside
County; Sacramento County; San Benito County; San
Bernardino County; San Diego County;
San Francisco County; San Joaquin County; San Mateo
County; Santa Barbara County; Santa Clara County;
Stanislaus County; Tulare County; Ventura County
Colorado: Costilla County; Denver County; Rio Grande
County
Connecticut: Bridgeport; East Hartford; Hartford; Meriden;
New Britain; New Haven; New London; Waterbury;
Windham
Florida: State Coverage; Broward County; Hardee County;
Hendry County; Hillsborough County; Lee County; MiamiDade County; Orange County; Osceola County;
Palm Beach County; Polk County
Illinois: Cook County; DuPage County; Kane County;
Lake County
Kansas: Finney County; Ford County; Grant County;
Seward County
Maryland: Montgomery County
Massachusetts: Boston; Chelsea; Fitchburg; Holyoke;
Lawrence; Lowell; Lynn; Revere; Southbridge;
Springfield; Worcester
Michigan: Clyde Township; Hartford City
Nebraska: Colfax County; Dakota County; Dawson County
Nevada: Clark County
New Jersey: Camden County; Cumberland County; Essex
County; Hudson County; Middlesex County; Passaic
County; Union County
New Mexico: Bernalillo County; Chaves County; Doña
Ana County; Eddy County; Grant County; Guadalupe
County; Harding County; Hidalgo County; Lee County;
Luna County; Mora County; Rio Arriba County; San
Miguel County; Socorro County; Taos County; Valencia
County
New York: Bronx County; Kings County; Nassau County;
New York County; Queens County; Suffolk County;
Westchester County
Pennsylvania: Berks County; Lehigh County; Philadelphia
County
Rhode Island: Central Falls; Pawtucket; Providence
Texas: State Coverage; Andrews County; Atascosa County;
Bailey County; Bee County; Bexar County; Brewster
County; Brooks County; Caldwell County; Calhoun
County; Cameron County; Castro County; Cochran
County; Concho County; Crane County; Crockett County;
Crosby County; Culberson County; Dallas County; Dawson
County; Deaf Smith County; Dimmit County; Duval
County; Ector County; Edwards County; El Paso County;
Floyd County; Fort Bend County; Frio County; Gaines
County; Garza County; Glasscock County; Gonzales
County; Guadalupe County; Hale County; Hansford
County; Harris County; Hidalgo County; Hockley County;
Hudspeth County; Jim Hogg County; Jim Wells County;
Karnes County; Kenedy County; Kinney County;
Kleberg County; La Salle County; Lamb County; Live Oak
County; Lynn County; Martin County; Maverick County;
Medina County; Midland County; Mitchell County; Moore
County; Nolan County; Nueces County; Ochiltree County;
Parmer County; Pecos County; Presidio County; Reagan County; Reeves County; Refugio County; Runnels
County; San Patricio County; San Saba County; Schleicher County;
Scurry County; Sherman County; Starr County; Sutton
County; Swisher County; Tarrant County; Terrell County;
Terry County; Titus County; Travis County; Upton County;
Uvalde County; Val Verde County; Ward County; Webb
County; Willacy County; Wilson County; Winkler County;
Yoakum County; Zapata County; Zavala County
Utah: Salt Lake County
Virginia: Fairfax County
Washington: Adams County; Franklin County; Yakima
County
Wisconsin: Milwaukee City

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