Further. we found that Mexican Americans must face considerable resistance from county officials to employ bilingual registrars and election officials. County officials have told Chicanos they were not needed as registrars since the county already had a sufficient numberalmost totally Anglo and English speaking. Clearly this type of practice only perpetuates a political quota system which excludes Mexican Americans and other minorities from the political process and preserves. at all cost. an Angloonly registration and election system within these communities. In one predominantly rural area. the county clerk instructed an election official. who had Spanishspeaking skills. not to speak Spanish at the polling facility because it was against the law to do so. The intentional failure to provide bilingual assistance has serious repercussions in voter turnout among Spanishspeaking citizens.
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