North Station

Request for a public hearing

Hold Hearing to Expand Ballot Language Access

Last activity February 27, 2026 (7 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    February 23, 2026

  2. In committee

    The committee decides whether to send it to the full council.

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council ordered a hearing to explore amending a special law to allow ballots in more languages and remove language barriers. The review will consider the 2014 multilingual-ballot provisions and the 2022 Language and Communications Access Ordinance to improve accessibility for non-English voters.

Affects language minority communities

Filed by Brian Worrell, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Ed Flynn, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Gabriela Coletta Zapata, Liz Breadon, Ruthzee Louijeune, Miniard Culpepper, and Julia Mejia

Now with the Committee on Census, Redistricting, and Elections

About Civil Rights & Immigration and Government Operations & Elections

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Official title

Order for a hearing to explore how to amend special law to expand access to the ballot box by removing language barriers and aligning with the language and communications access ordinance.

Timeline

  1. February 25, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council