The decision to approve bilingual ballots in Hall County is “fiscally irresponsible” and not “well thought out,” a former Hall County commissioner who will soon be joining the Board of Elections and Voter Registration said Wednesday. Craig Lutz has yet to be sworn in as a member of the election board, but that didn’t stop him from speaking out on the board’s 2-1 decision Tuesday in favor of making bilingual ballots available for Latino voters. The Times reached out by phone to Lutz after finding out he’d been appointed to the election board by the executive committee of the Hall County Republican Party at its meeting Tuesday night.
New elections board member reacts to bilingual ballot vote
2-1 vote down party lines made while board was short 1 Republican