Legal Opinion
Padilla v. Lever
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 18, 2006No. 03-56259PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
A provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973aa-la(c), requires that, in certain States with substantial linguistic minority populations of voting age, election materials must be provided in the applicable minority languages as well as English. This requirement applies to any covered State or political subdivision that “provides any ... materials or information relating to the electoral process.” Id. (emphasis added). The question presented by this appeal is whether this requirement attaches to recall petitions initiated, circulated and paid for by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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