# Monthly Archive: December, 2017

**December 31, 2017**  
**California Dramatically Increases the Number of Languages for Election Materials and Assistance**  
Big Changes The California Secretary of State, the agency responsible for administering elections in California, released on Friday, December 29, 2017, a memo to elections officials throughout the state describing new requirements for election materials and assistance in languages other than English. SOS CCROV #17148, Language Minority Determinations [View Memo](http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ccrov/pdf/2017/december/17148sr.pdf)  
California has previously provided election materials in nine languages other than English....