Tucker,James Thomas.

The battle over bilingual ballots: language minorities and political access under the Voting Rights Act/ James Thomas Tucker. - Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2009. - xvi, 413 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-391) and indexes.

Literacy test bans before 1975 -- Language assistance for voters before 1975 -- Special protections for language minority voters since 1975 -- Language assistance and voter assistance since 1975 -- The July 2002 determinations and section 203 coverage -- Implementation and cost of language assistance in covered jurisdictions -- Passage of the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization Act of 2006 -- Debunking ten myths about language assistance -- Discrimination against Alaska natives -- Remedying language discrimination in the Bethel census area of Alaska -- Essays on language assistance under the VRA.

9780754675723 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0754675726 (hbk. : alk. paper)


Linguistic minorities--Suffrage--United States.

342.73072 / TUC/B