Voting Rights

APIAVote Statement on Supreme Court Decision To Leave Voting Rights Act and Key Anti-Discriminatory Provision Intact

Release Date: 
June 24, 2009
Contact: 

Naomi Tacuyan Underwood / 202-223-9170

APIAVOTE Statement on Supreme Court Decision To Leave Voting Rights Act and Key Anti-Discriminatory Provision Intact



An Open Letter to the Texas House of Representatives - Voter ID Legislation

Release Date: 
April 24, 2009
Contact: 

Naomi Tacuyan / 202-223-9170

To the Members of the Texas State House of Representatives:

 

As concerned Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) national and community-based organizations, we urge you to defeat pending voter identification legislation, which would require voters to present identification at their polling places.

 



Groups Fear Language Barriers Will Translate to Lost Votes at Polls

Publication: 
Fox News

NEW YORK--The Flushing section of Queens provides a vivid display of the many languages of New York City: A church offers services in English, Chinese and Spanish. One business sign after another is written in Chinese. And on Election Day, voters will cast ballots in a Taiwanese community center

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