Calls have renewed for Hall County to provide Spanish-language ballots for Latino voters after the U.S. Census Bureau applied a new designation to Gwinnett County this week that will require it to become the first county in the state to offer bilingual voting materials. The issue first reared its head last year when the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials challenged elections boards in Hall and Gwinnett to provide bilingual ballots, citing provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act as justification. Both boards denied the request, with Hall officials saying that the requisite population percentages had not been met.