Spanish speakers given wrong election date with Maricopa voter ID card

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by David Safier

A story from ABC 15 states the Maricopa Elections Department put out a voter ID document with "8 de Noviembre" listed as the election date. In English, the same document gives the correct date, November 6.

The Maricopa County Elections Department mistakenly listed the wrong date of the upcoming general election on an official government document.

The error appears on a document containing a voter ID card.

In addition to the ID card, the piece of paper it comes in lists other information such as important election dates.

In the corner of the document, it says November 6th in English but in Spanish it reads 8 de Noviembre, the 8th of November.

The Election Department says the error is only on "documents distributed over the counter," not those mailed to homes, but ABC News hasn't confirmed that.

Either way, how do you put two different election dates on the same line, one in English and one in Spanish? This isn't a shrug-your-shoulders, mistakes-happen kind of problem. It's either a serious error or, worse, an illegal attempt to confuse Spanish-speaking voters.

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3 thoughts on “Spanish speakers given wrong election date with Maricopa voter ID card”

  1. This reminds me of a flyer that was left on our front door in 2008 (the day after our Obama sign was stolen from the front yard). It said that Democrats were to vote on Wednesday November 5, 2008.

    Since AZ is going to run its elections like a banana republic, all the more reason to encourage friends, family and neighbors to vote by mail well ahead of the November date.

  2. The Maricopa County Elections Department should be monitored by one of those international elections groups.

    I don’t believe that this was a mistake. As the AZ Blue Meanie says, giving certain groups the wrong date is a time-honored voter suppression tactic.

  3. The Maricopa County Elections Department should be required to do PSA’s in Spanish and English to notify voters of the correct date to correct their error.

    This is an old school voter suppression tactic from way back. For years, fliers have been distributed in minority and immigrant neighborhoods advising voters of the wrong date for election day. It has been done with robo-calls as well.

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