After public comments, commission asks Election Commission to provide multilingual referendum materials
Following a large public comment turnout, the Shelby County Commission passed a resolution asking the County Election Commission to provide referendum materials translated into Spanish and, by amendment, the top five local languages; the mayor's office and UT translation partners were identified as possible collaborators.
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A large public-comment turnout centered on Item 27, a resolution sponsored by Commissioner Erica Sugarman asking the Shelby County Election Commission to provide Spanish-language materials for county referendums. Dozens of residents, bilingual deputy registrars and language-access advocates spoke in favor of translations at a 4th-grade reading level and urged expansion to other common local languages.
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