Alaska English Eliminated as Voting Requirement (1970)

From Ballotpedia

The Alaska English Eliminated as Voting Requirement Amendment appeared on the 1970 statewide primary ballot in Alaska as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment.

The amendment said that a person otherwise qualified to vote could not be required to read or speak English as a condition of voting.

The measure passed with 51.1% of the vote.

The ballot summary said, "This provision amends Article V of the State Constitution by omitting the requirement that a person otherwise qualified to vote in state or local elections be able to read or speak the English language as a prerequisite for voting. Article V presently contains one exception to the English language requirement, where physical disability makes impossible the ability to read or speak the English language."

External links

• Alaska constitutional amendments summary

v • d • e Initiatives about the English language 2010 Oklahoma State Question 751 2009 Nashville English First Charter Amendment 2008 Missouri Constitutional Amendment 1 • Oregon Ballot Measure 58 2006 Arizona Proposition 103 2002 Colorado English Amendment • Massachusetts Question 2 • Nebraska Amendment 1 2000 Arizona Proposition 203 • Utah Measure A 1998 Alaska English as Official Language Act • California Proposition 227 1988 Colorado English Act • Florida English as Official Language Amendment 1970 Alaska English Eliminated as Voting Requirement 1896 State of Washington Constitutional Amendment 2

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