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Statistical Modeling Methodology for the Voting Rights Act Section 203 Language Assistance Determinations

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  • Patrick M. Joyce
  • Donald Malec
  • Roderick J. A. Little
  • Aaron Gilary
  • Alfredo Navarro
  • Mark E. Asiala

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Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act includes provisions requiring the use of election materials in languages other than English for states or political subdivisions, specifically, when a minimum number of voting age U.S. citizens of specified language minority groups who are unable to speak English very well and have obtained less than a fifth-grade education is met. Data on these characteristics are provided by the 2010 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS), a general purpose sample survey designed to produce a large volume of estimates across the spectrum of the nation's geographic areas and subgroups of the population. This article describes the small-area model and the estimation methods that were developed and applied to create the list of 2011 political subdivisions that were subject to the provisions.

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  • Patrick M. Joyce & Donald Malec & Roderick J. A. Little & Aaron Gilary & Alfredo Navarro & Mark E. Asiala, 2014. "Statistical Modeling Methodology for the Voting Rights Act Section 203 Language Assistance Determinations," Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 109(505), pages 36-47, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jnlasa:v:109:y:2014:i:505:p:36-47
    DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2013.859077
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