Directs the Queens county board of elections to provide language assistance in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi.
The bill 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. The board may include other languages on its website and in the booklet.
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