Judge Dismisses Request For More Spanish Ballot Access In Georgia

A federal judge dismissed requests from a civil rights group to require Gwinnett County and the state of Georgia to send absentee ballot applications in Spanish.

Judge William M. Ray II dismissed the case, brought by the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials and other groups, and said that the Georgia Secretary of State’s office and the Gwinnett County Elections Board did not violate the federal Voting Rights Act, as the lawsuit had claimed.