The U.S. Department of Justice is sending plain-clothed election monitors to Prince George’s County polling places to observe compliance with minority language provisions of the Voting Rights Act on Election Day, the Maryland State Board of Elections announced Tuesday.
“Maryland’s electoral process is verified, open, transparent, and secure. The State Board and every local board takes the responsibility of administering Maryland’s elections very seriously,” Jared DeMarinis, Maryland’s administrator of elections, said in a statement. “Every voter has the right to have their vote counted and their voice heard in a safe environment free from intimidation, harassment or threats.”
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 requires that all materials pertaining to the electoral process, including instructions, assistance and ballots, provided in English also be made available in the language of a minority group if there are more than 10,000 voting-age members of that group, if the group is more than 5% of the population in the jurisdiction or if their illiteracy rate is higher than the national illiteracy rate.
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