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Editorial: Elections Board leaves Hall in a bilingual limbo

Panel punts on Spanish ballots for now, but is only delaying what is inevitable and right

Sofia Sauseda, 6, looks up at her mother, Maria Palacios, policy analyst and leadership program coordinator with the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, during a Hall County Elections Board meeting discussing rescinding a 2017 vote to adopt bilingual ballots for county and state elections. The decision to provide ballots in Spanish was rescinded by a 3-2 vote. The board has decided once again to study implementing bilingual ballots. - photo by David Barnes

01172018 ELECTIONS 0002.jpg — Sofia Sauseda, 6, looks up at her mother, Maria Palacios, policy analyst and leadership program coordinator with the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, during a Hall County Elections Board meeting discussing rescinding a 2017 vote to adopt bilingual ballots for county and state elections. The decision to provide ballots in Spanish was rescinded by a 3-2 vote. The board has decided once again to study implementing bilingual ballots. - photo by David Barnes

Last week, the Hall County Elections Board voted to table, for now, the move to create Spanish-language ballots for elections.