(Fresno Bee) Arabic speakers in Fresno County could soon have access to ballots and voting materials in their language, if California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber acts promptly on a new resolution.
The Language Accessibility Advisory Committee — an 18-member advisory body for the secretary of state’s office — during its April 7 meeting passed a resolution asking Weber to cover the Arabic language needs in Fresno County and those of Somali speakers in San Diego County.
The official request and information on the creation of a sub-committee for communities to petition on language access will become public by the end of this week on the committee’s website, said Christina E. Fletes-Romo, voting rights attorney with the ACLU of Northern California.
