(1) The county clerk of any county that satisfies the criteria specified in section 1-5-905 (1) shall, in coordination with the secretary of state, create a minority language sample ballot in any minority language spoken in the county that satisfies the following:
(a) The minority language is spoken by at least two thousand citizens in the county age eighteen years or older who speak English less than very well, as defined by the United States bureau of the census American community survey, and who speak the minority language at home; or
(b) The minority language is spoken by at least two and one-half percent of citizens in the county age eighteen years or older who speak English less than very well, as defined by the United States bureau of the census American community survey, and who speak the minority language at home.
(2) The minority language sample ballot must include all of the same content that is on the English language ballot.
(3) A county clerk that is required to create a minority language sample ballot in one or more minority languages pursuant to this section shall provide such minority language sample ballots for the general election held in November 2022, and for each general election and statewide odd-year election thereafter.
(4) The minority language sample ballot must include the instructions for every ballot style in the county. The county clerk is not required to create a sample ballot for every ballot style in the county but may instead create one master document containing all the candidates, questions, and instructions included on every ballot style in the county. Instead of creating one master document, the county clerk may choose to create a minority language sample ballot for each ballot style in the county.
(5) The county clerk shall make the minority language sample ballot available and accessible to electors in the county on the website of the county clerk and at voter service and polling centers county-wide. The county clerk shall notify all electors in the county via the mail ballot packet and in each language in which a minority language sample ballot will be created that a minority language sample ballot is available.
(6) A county clerk shall ensure that the translation provided for the minority language sample ballot is performed by one or more qualified translators.
Source: L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1011), ch. 366, p. 2412, � 1, effective June 28.
1-5-907. In-person minority language ballot - county clerk - voter service and polling centers. (1) The county clerk of any county that satisfies the criteria specified in section 1-5-905 (1) shall ensure that every voter service and polling center in the county is equipped to provide, upon the request of an elector, an in-person minority language ballot in any minority language spoken in the county that satisfies the following:
(a) The minority language is spoken by at least two thousand citizens in the county age eighteen years or older who speak English less than very well, as defined by the United States bureau of the census American community survey or comparable census data, and who speak the minority language at home; or
(b) The minority language is spoken by at least two and one-half percent of citizens in the county age eighteen years or older who speak English less than very well, as defined by the United States bureau of the census American community survey or comparable census data, and who speak the minority language at home.
(2) An in-person minority language ballot option shall be either a ballot on demand, a ballot from a printed stock of ballots, or a ballot via a voting device and shall include all of the same content that is on the English language ballot.
(3) A county clerk that is required to provide an in-person minority language ballot option in one or more minority languages pursuant to this section shall provide in-person minority language ballot options for the general election held in November 2022, and for each general election and statewide odd-year election thereafter.
(4) The county clerk shall notify all electors via the mail ballot packet and in each language in which the in-person minority language ballot option will be available that electors may request an in-person minority language ballot in the applicable language at any voter service and polling center in the county.
Source: L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1011), ch. 366, p. 2413, � 1, effective June 28.