Honors Program Theses
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Open Access Honors Program Thesis
First Advisor
Elise DuBord
Abstract
This thesis examines the linguistic accessibility of voting from multiple perspectives through the analysis of federal and state level electoral legislation in conjunction with language access services available in Iowa and Michigan. It compares a variety of influences on Spanishspeaking participation in elections and the linguistic accessibility of voting in the two states. I have chosen these states because of their similar linguistic makeup and populations of Spanishspeakers and Hispanic/Latine groups as a percentage of their total population. This research includes a discussion of language laws at the state level, how each of these laws impacts voting accessibility, and is based on recent Hispanic/Latine voter participation data to demonstrate how the presence or absence of meaningful language access impacts their political participation. Finally, language attitudes and orientations regarding language planning and their impact on how local governments value language accessibility will be discussed.
Year of Submission
2024
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
University Honors Designation
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors
Date Original
5-2024
Object Description
1 PDF (42 pages)
Copyright
©2024 Madeline L. Hinz
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Hinz, Madeline L., "¿Tengo el derecho a votar?: Un análisis de las leyes del acceso lingüístico y los impactos de recursos multilingües de votación en la participación de votantes hispanos en Iowa y Michigan" (2024). Honors Program Theses. 935.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/935
