New York A00354 mandates the Queens county board of elections to provide language assistance in Bengali, Punjabi, and Hindi.
New York A00354 amends the election law to require the Queens county board of elections to provide language assistance in Bengali, Punjabi, and Hindi. This includes ballots, signs, voter mailings, employee and volunteer training materials, and information on the board's website. The board must also produce and disseminate a countywide booklet with a voter registration form in English and instructions in Bengali, Punjabi, and Hindi, as well as information on absentee ballots and general voter information in these languages. The act takes effect 120 days after becoming law.
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