A 2521 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Provides for bilingual voting materials

This bill requires states and local areas with significant language minority populations to provide voting materials - including ballots, registration forms, and instructions - in both English and the relevant minority language. It applies to jurisdictions where over 5% of voting-age residents are limited-English proficient (LEP) or have more than 10,000 LEP residents, as determined by census data. Covered areas must offer bilingual materials unless a legal challenge proves the minority group’s illiteracy rate is at or below the national average. The law excludes oral/unwritten languages (like some Indigenous languages) by requiring only oral assistance instead of written materials in those cases.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Jan 7, 2026
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Jan 17, 2025
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