[Lwvcnmtopics] League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico Updates

[Linda Adcox-Kimmel]

Might it be beneficial to have Dine and Puebloan interpreters or
translators available at voting centers, telephonically if not in person,
for those voters?

Thanks,

Linda Adcox-Kimmel

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 12:25 PM <kwentworth17 at comcast.net> wrote:

> George-
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> This is an issue that has been debated in the NM legislature for decades.
> When it is discussed, the traditional arguments are that Navajo has been
> primarily a spoken rather than written language, and that native speakers
> have not read or written in the language, so the value on a ballot would be
> dubious. There have been similar arguments for the pueblo languages and the
> Apache languages. The NM SOS has tried to deal with this by publishing some
> materials about voting in a various languages.
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> The state has never been able to satisfactorily resolve the problem.
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> Karen
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> *From:* Lwvcnmtopics <lwvcnmtopics-bounces at mailman.swcp.com> *On Behalf
> Of *George Richmond
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2020 11:23 AM
> *To:* lwvcnmtopics at mailman.swcp.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Lwvcnmtopics] League of Women Voters of Central New
> Mexico Updates
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> I read the attachment to Karen's letter which deals with voting procedures.
>
> One issue is that Native Americans may not be proficient in English (or
> Spanish) to be able to complete the ballot in either language but could
> benefit if the ballot were printed in their language, say, Ute or Dine, for
> example.
>
> Yet, for some mysterious reason, ballots in New Mexico are printed in BOTH
> ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
>
> Perhaps that law could be changed to: Printed in English OR Spanish OR
> Dine OR.....
>
> I say this is an idea whose time has come.
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> George Richmond
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> On 6/24/2020 9:06 PM, kwentworth17 at comcast.net wrote:
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> Hello League members-
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>
> We hope you are safe and healthy during this long summer. We will have a
> unit meeting at noon on July 9 for all members who are willing to join us
> on Zoom. We will have a panel of speakers to talk about the decisions made
> at the U.S. League of Women Voters virtual convention this week. That will
> be a great way to catch up with our national agenda and to start thinking
> about where we fit in the national priorities.
>
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>
> We also wanted to share a new study of our primary election problems that
> has just been released by the UNM School of Social Policy. It looks and
> what went wrong during the primary and suggests changes that might be made
> during the next legislative session in January. It points out specific
> problems in Sandoval County with allowing tribal members to vote and a
> possible solution. It also suggests a solution for everyone who didn’t get
> their absentee ballot back to the Bernalillo County Clerk in time for it to
> be counted.
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>
> League members are active currently on the Voter Guide. We are preparing
> questions for the candidate for November and Mary Wilson at
> t3wilson at aol.com is looking for volunteers to help call candidates and
> work on ballot and bond questions and the informational section on how
> people can vote in November. This is all work that can be done virtually to
> protect those who are still social distancing. We will do an online and
> printed version of the Voter Guide for the November election.
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> We hope to see you soon, even if it is only on Zoom. I’ll send out the
> invitation closer to the meeting.
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>
>
> Karen Wentworth
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> Co-President, LWVCNM
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