Michigan clerks balk at proposed (massive costs!) of voting access expansion | WOODTV.com

This week, the House Elections Committee passed the Michigan Voting Rights Act, a package of bills that would expand voting access for non-English speakers and those with disabilities... - Byron Tollefson

“...A lot of those overnight are going to see the need to require additional language assistance. That cost is going to be exponential.”

Boersma said rural communities with fewer registered voters could be especially affected by the change.

• “Some small farming communities that might barely have 1,000 registered voters might all of a sudden overnight see themselves needing to provide extra language assistance,” Boersma said. 

“That doesn’t just cover a ballot in a different language. 

• Instructions, public notices, audio recordings of ballots would have to be read in a different language.”
• Curbside voting would also be required for voters with disabilities who can’t enter a polling place...