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Randolph officials, residents ask Legislature to permit Haitian Creole bilingual ballots
Summary
Town officials, councilors and community members from Randolph urged the Joint Committee on Election Laws to approve S.509 to allow bilingual (English/Haitian Creole) ballots in Randolph, citing population diversity, ESL wait lists and barriers to participation.
Senator Bill Driscoll asked the Joint Committee on Election Laws to report favorably on S.509, a home-rule petition to allow the town of Randolph to prepare bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole.
“Randolph is one of the most diverse towns in the Commonwealth, and Haitian Creole is a growing language in the community,” Senator Driscoll said, asking the committee to advance the measure to “make Randolph elections more inclusive and to foster deeper civic engagement.”
Brian Howard, the Randolph town manager, told the committee Randolph has “35,000-plus residents” and currently provides Vietnamese ballot…
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