January 16, 2018

Gainesville, Georgia: Elections Board scraps plans to provide ballots in Spanish

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Gainesville Times

Ā Elections Board scraps plans to provide ballots in Spanish
Board rescinds April 2017 vote, which chairman called an ā€˜errorā€™ and ā€˜negligentā€™

January 16, 2018

Hall County reversed course Tuesday when the Hall County Elections Board voted to scrap plans to provide ballots in Spanish.

Board members voted Tuesday to rescind an April vote to adopt the new ballots for county and state elections amid heavy opposition from the public.

At the same meeting, the board voted to establish a committee to study the costs, but that committee wouldnā€™t report its findings until January 2019.

The vote to rescind the ballots was 3-2, with the boardā€™s two Democrats against rescinding, its Republicans in favor and nonpartisan Chairman Tom Smiley also voting in favor of rescinding the 2017 vote… More here.