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12 Tex. J. on C.L. & C.R. 163 (2006-2007)
Governmental Effectiveness and Efficiency - The Minority Language Assistance Provisions of the VRA

handle is hein.journals/tfcl12 and id is 167 raw text is: Article GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY? THE MINORITY LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS OF THE VRA* 1 James Thomas Tuckert Rodolfo Espinot I. INTRODUCTION The minority language assistance provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) remove language barriers to voting and help provide limited- English speaking American citizens with a full and meaningful opportunity to cast ballots.2 Despite their increasing importance throughout the United States, these provisions are widely misunderstood. This article would not have been possible without the extraordinary work of the ten exceptional students at the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University who co-authored the underlying report that was submitted into the congressional record: Rebecca Amrani, the report editor; and researchers Elizabeth Andrews, Linley Barney, Jessica Becker, Nicole Finch, Karissa Kater, Kristine Kelley, Lauron Lovato, Heather (Hinderland) Owens, and Laura Thorson. This article is dedicated to the ten Barrett Honors College students. I. This article is an abridged version of a longer report submitted to Congress in support of the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act in 2006. See JAMES THOMAS TUCKER & RODOLFO ESPINO ET AL., MINORITY LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PRACTICES IN PUBLIC ELECTIONS (March 2006) (hereinafter LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE PRACTICES), reprinted in Voting Rights Act: Evidence of Continued Need, 109th Cong., 109-103, at 2124. In certain places, the article will refer to tables or material in the full report that could not be included in this article. The views expressed herein are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of their respective organizations. t S.J.D. and LL.M., University of Pennsylvania; J.D., University of Florida; M.P.A., University of Oklahoma; B.A., Arizona State University, Barrett Honors College. Adjunct Professor at the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University; Policy Counsel for the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office; Former Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section. During the recent VRA reauthorization hearings, he testified before Congress three times on the bill as a Voting Rights Consultant for NALEO. I Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A., Luther College. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Arizona State University; Affiliate Professor, Department of Transborder Chicana/o & Latina/o Studies. Specialties in American Politics and Methodology and Political Theory. Co-recipient of American Political Science Association's award for best dissertation in the field of Race and Politics (2005). 2. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973b(f)(4), 1973aa-la.

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