by Avantpage | Jun 20, 2016 | Elections Translation, Language Spotlight
This election season many campaigns for politicians and ballot measures are looking at Asian Americans as a key voter group. The number of Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters almost doubled from 2 million in 2000 to 3.9 million in 2012. What’s more, almost half...
by Avantpage | Feb 23, 2016 | Elections Translation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Guest post by Avantpage intern Hannah Trumbull If fair and equal access to voting is a central tenet of a true democracy, then California’s democratic process is far from functional. The great state is home to 14.5 million Latino...
by Avantpage | Feb 1, 2016 | Language Industry
Two recent news stories highlight contrasting approaches to language access for recent immigrants with limited English proficiency. A local government agency in Georgia refuses to provide election documents in Spanish. Meanwhile a New York school district plans to...
by Avantpage | Jan 29, 2016 | Elections Translation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nearly 35 percent of Texas residents speak a primary language other than English at home and the number of non-English speakers across the state continues to rise. Election officials are required to provide bilingual election...
by Avantpage | Jan 25, 2016 | Elections Translation
Elections season is upon us! The upcoming Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary launch the run up to the US presidential election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. As our immigrant population of voting age becomes more diverse, the requirements for election officers...
