The legal action says that in April, the plaintiffs asked the 13 counties with the largest populations to voluntarily agree to provide bilingual voting materials, but that the counties declined the request in June.
Barton issued a statement saying she’ll review the case with her counsel. “I will continue to provide voters in Alachua County the ability to confidently cast their ballots,” Barton said.
The federal government, under the Voting Rights Act, already requires 13 Florida counties to provide ballots and voting materials in English and Spanish because at least 5 percent of the voting age population speaks Spanish.
