Settlement in voting rights case - Hostile Treatment of Latino Voters
The U.S. Justice Department Tuesday announced an agreement with Suffolk County, settling allegations that the county had in the past violated the rights of Spanish-speaking voters. Under the terms of the settlement, the county agreed to translate voting materials into Spanish, train poll workers to assist Spanish-speaking voters, and investigate and remove any poll workers "who have engaged in hostile treatment of Spanish-speaking or Hispanic voters," according to Roslynn Mauskopf, the United States attorney for the Eastern District. [more]