  Armenian to be used for voter outreach services during LA polls February 21, 2013 - 12:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - With the March 5 primary nominating elections fast approaching, Los Angeles City Clerk June Lagmay and LA Chief of Elections Jacob Wexler spoke before members of the media at the Piper Technical Center in Downtown LA on Feb. 14 to talk about the preparations being made and further information on election and voting, Asian Journal reported. “We will be running election night with a total of 6,300 precinct workers,” Lagmay said the of Election Division’s plans for the March polls. About 5,200 of those workers will work within city limits. Nearly a thousand of the total number of poll workers will be bilingual, Lagmay added. Aside from the large workforce for the polls, the Election Division has also prepared all election-related paraphernalia, including copies of the Official Sample Ballot, voter information pamphlets, information kiosks, vote-by-mail applications, and even the actual ballots to be used at polling places. Those materials will be available in English, as well as in the eight federally mandated languages, which include: Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese. Election Chief Jacob Wexler also pointed out that for the first time, the Armenian language will be phased in as a one of the languages that will be used for voter outreach services and translation. Partner news  Top stories 200 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported at the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. “There was a great deal of new and interesting research presented during the conference,” said ANC of Illinois activist Greg Bedian. The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU. Possible ways to advance the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict were in the focus of the discussion.   Partner news |  Latest news Lavrov: opposition must attend Syria conference without preconditions  The Russian FM also reiterated that Iran must be among nations invited to the conference that Russia and the U.S. are trying to organize.2 killed, 20 injured in Turkey hot-air balloon crash One ascending balloon was torn open as it hit the basket of another, and then plunged to Earth, witnesses said.Russia, Peru to ink MiG-29 jet upgrade contract Russia completed a $20-million upgrade last year for Peru's Russian-built Mi-25 attack helicopters.Gunman kills 4, self in Israeli bank after refused overdraft Police initially described the incident as a robbery but later said the assailant appeared to have known his victims. |
