Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
American Civil Liberties Union
Repeal of Voting Language Assistance.
The House of Representatives rejected an amendment to strike the language assistance provisions of the Voting Rights Act. This group opposed the amendment because language assistance is critically important to help voters who are limited in their English proficiency. The language assistance provisions in the VRA are carefully targeted at jurisdictions with large populations of U.S. citizens of voting age who do not speak English well.NAACP
ELIMINATE BILINGUAL VOTING ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS IN THE VOTING.
H.R. 9 / The Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act
Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 / King (IA)amendment
Amendment offered by Congressman King (Iowa) to eliminate the provisions in the bill
reauthorizing the requirement that states provide bilingual voting assistance.AFL-CIO
Voting Rights Act/ Bilingual Ballots.
H.R. 9—The House rejected an attempt to repeal one of the key provisions of the Voting Rights Act that requires jurisdictions with concentrations of minority-language citizens to provide bilingual ballots to those who need them. The amendment from, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was defeated.Americans for Democratic Action
HR 9. Voting Rights Act Reauthorization/Bilingual Voting Assistance.
Rep. King (R-IA) amendment to eliminate two provisions in the 25-year extension of the Voting Rights Act: the requirement that states provide bilingual voting assistance, and the requirement that American Community Survey census data be used.Eagle Forum
King amendment to the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act.
King offered an amendment to the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, which would have eliminated federally mandated foreign language ballots.U.S. Border Control
Amendment to Sunset Multilingual Ballots.
King of Iowa amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 109-554) which sought to strike sections 7 and 8 of the bill. These sections relate to multilingual ballots and use of American Community Survey census data, and they would automatically expire in 2007.