Or. Admin. Code § 165-024-0005 - Definitions
(2)
Candidate
Filer means a candidate or a candidate's agent.
(3)
Candidate's agent means a
person who has actual oral or written authority, either express or implied, to
make or authorize the filing of translated statements on behalf of the
candidate.
(4)
Community
Validation means obtaining recommendations from a range of culturally
and linguistically diverse communities to ensure that translated materials meet
the information needs of the intended audience in a culturally and
linguistically responsive way.
(5)
Council means the Translation Advisory Council.
(6) The County List of Languages
means the sum of the following:
(a) the Top
Five Languages in the state of Oregon; and
(b) all of the Top Five Languages in the
county that are the primary language for at least 100 people with Limited
English Proficiency in the county; and
(c) any language that previously appeared on
the Top Five Languages list for the county, if the language remains the primary
language for at least 100 people in the county who have Limited English
Proficiency; and
(d) if none of the
Top Five Languages in the county is the primary language for at least 100
people with Limited English Proficiency in the county, then the Most Commonly
Spoken Language in the county.
(7)
County Voters' Pamphlet
means a written document mailed at the direction of a county elections official
to county residents for the purpose of providing any of the information
described in OAR 165-024-0025.
(8)
Culturally responsive means identifying, nurturing, and using
community customs, norms, and values, usually through direct experience in a
culture, and appropriately expressing and reflecting those to meet the intended
audience's needs.
(9)
Language(s) means languages other than English.
(10)
Limited English Proficiency
means that a person does not speak English as their primary language and has a
limited ability to read, speak, write, or understand English.
(11)
Local Ballot Measure
Information means the local government ballot title, explanatory
statements and statements created by state, local and special government
bodies.
(12) The Most
Commonly Spoken Language(s) in a state or county means the primary
language(s) for the most people in the state or county who have Limited English
Proficiency.
(13)
Plain
Language means written communication that the intended audience can
understand the first time they read it.
(14)
Selected Voters' Pamphlet
Material means the portions of the state and county voters' pamphlets
that this rule requires the Secretary of State to have translated and post
online.
(15)
State List of
Languages means the sum of the following:
(a) the Top Five Languages in the state of
Oregon; and
(b) the Top Five
Languages in any county in Oregon, and
(c) any language that previously appeared in
a Top Five Languages list for any county in Oregon, and
(d) if none of the Top Five Languages in a
county is the primary language for at least 100 people with Limited English
Proficiency in the county, then the Most Commonly Spoken Language in that
county.
(16)
Top
Five Languages means the five Most Commonly Spoken Languages in the
state or county, as appropriate.
(17)
Translate or translation
means transferring written text accurately from one language into another to
convey and retain the original meaning in an equivalent and culturally and
linguistically responsive manner for the community being served.
(a) Translations of written statements are
distinct from interpretation of spoken statements.
(b) The community to be served by a
translation of voters' pamphlet material is the community of people in Oregon
who have Limited English Proficiency and who speak the language as their
primary language.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: HB3021, ORS 247.005, ORS 246.150, ORS 251.026, ORS 251.167, ORS 251.170, ORS 251.173 & ORS 251.315
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 251.026, ORS 251.167, ORS 251.170, ORS 251.173 & ORS 251.315
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