November 6, 2012 - 10:34 am
I have received a report that no provisional ballots in English are available at the Ortiz Middle School in Santa Fe in New Mexico. Under the Help America Vote Act, some voters are entitled to vote a provisional ballot – presumably in the language spoken by the voter. Poll officials offered to translate the Spanish language ballot to the English speaking voter. No, no es el ley.
Of all the districts in new Mexico, that’s probably the least likely to need Spanish ballots.
The report on Spanish ballots only in Santa Fe County is false. All ballots in the state are in both English and Spanish on the same ballot. What was not available for a very brief time were the provisional ballot ENVELOPES in English. They were available within an hour after the polls opened.