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Asian American Communities Hail the Expansion Of Language Access For Limited English Proficient Voters
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Washington, D.C. — The Census Bureau updated determinations pursuant to the federal Voting Rights Act, designating Section 203 covered jurisdictions where elections officials are required to provide bilingual voting assistance to Asian Americans, Latines, American Indians, and Alaskan Natives.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliate organizations in California, Illinois, and Washington, D.C. issue a statement about the newly released determinations:
On December 8, 2021, the Census Bureau updated the Section 203 determinations based on 2015- 2019 American Community Survey Data. Part of the federal Voting Rights Act, Section 203 requires jurisdictions designated in the determinations to provide bilingual voting assistance to Asian Americans, Latinos, American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Section 203 determinations, starting with the last one released in 2016, are made every five years based on decennial census data based on American Community Survey data.
Civil Rights Organizations Applaud Timely Release by Acting Census Director Identifying Jurisdictions that Must Provide Language Assistance under Section 203 of Voting Rights Act
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Washington, DC – On December 8, 2021, the Acting Director of the U.S.
Letter to Virginia Redistricting Commission on Language and Disability Access Deficiencies
The undersigned call upon the members of the Virginia Redistricting Commission (“Commission”) to end English-only community engagement practices and actions that impair the equal opportunities of limited-English proficient (LEP) and disabled Virginians from participating in the redistricting process. As the Commission engages in a critical phase of its work, nearing the end of the redistricting process, we strongly urge it to quickly improve the ability of LEP and disabled Virginians and communities to understand and comment on the work of the Commission.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC Applauds the Confirmation of Robert Santos for Director of the U.S. Census Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Senate confirmed Robert Santos on a bipartisan basis to serve as the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau at the Department of Commerce.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC, a national Asian American policy advocacy organization, issues the following statement:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Applauds Nomination of Dale Ho to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
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Washington, D.C.—Today, President Biden nominated Dale Ho to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Ho currently serves as Director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project and supervises the ACLU’s voting rights litigation nationwide.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC issues the following statement:
Growing Communities of Color & Redistricting: A Statement from the Voting Rights Working Group
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STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 2021
Every generation has a moment of awakening. This year provided a few seminal moments that threatened to either rip the Nation apart or bring us together. The Asian American community became the target for those looking to blame COVID-19 on someone. Instantly, our community was dealing with the dual pandemic of the coronavirus and racism. Several politicians stoked those embers of hate with rhetoric that firmly put a bullseye on the back of every Asian American.
Fair Districting Builds an Inclusive Democracy
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