Armenian to be used for voter outreach services during LA pollsFebruary 21, 2013 - 12:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - With the March 5 primary nominating elections fast approaching, Los Angeles City Clerk June Lagmay and LA Chief of Elections Jacob Wexler spoke before members of the media at the Piper Technical Center in Downtown LA on Feb. 14 to talk about the preparations being made and further information on election and voting, Asian Journal reported. “We will be running election night with a total of 6,300 precinct workers,” Lagmay said the of Election Division’s plans for the March polls. About 5,200 of those workers will work within city limits. Nearly a thousand of the total number of poll workers will be bilingual, Lagmay added. Aside from the large workforce for the polls, the Election Division has also prepared all election-related paraphernalia, including copies of the Official Sample Ballot, voter information pamphlets, information kiosks, vote-by-mail applications, and even the actual ballots to be used at polling places. Those materials will be available in English, as well as in the eight federally mandated languages, which include: Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese. Election Chief Jacob Wexler also pointed out that for the first time, the Armenian language will be phased in as a one of the languages that will be used for voter outreach services and translation. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |