[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 28CFR55.20]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 55--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT REGARDING LANGUAGE MINORITY GROUPS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D--Minority Language Materials and Assistance
 
Sec. 55.20  Oral assistance and publicity.

    (a) General. Announcements, publicity, and assistance should be 
given in oral form to the extent needed to enable members of the 
applicable language minority group to participate effectively in the 
electoral process.
    (b) Assistance. The Attorney General will consider whether a 
jurisdiction has given sufficient attention to the needs of language 
minority group members who cannot effectively read either English or the 
applicable minority language and to the needs of members of language 
minority groups whose languages are unwritten.
    (c) Helpers. With respect to the conduct of elections, the 
jurisdiction will need to determine the number of helpers (i.e., persons 
to provide oral assistance in the minority language) that must be 
provided. In evaluating the provision of assistance, the Attorney 
General will consider such facts as the number of a precinct's 
registered voters who are members of the applicable language minority 
group, the number of such persons who are not proficient in English, and 
the ability of a voter to be assisted by a person of his or her own 
choice. The basic standard is one of effectiveness.

[Order No. 655-76, 41 FR 29998, July 20, 1976, as amended by Order No. 
1752-93, 58 FR 35373, July 1, 1993]