The Richmond Times-Dispatch offers this report. See also O.C.’s Norby sounds off on ballots; Supervisor voices concerns about foreign-language requirements during hearing in Congress in the Orange County Register. Of interest to those following the controversy over Padilla v. Lever in the Ninth Circuit, and whether section 203 should apply to recall and initiative petitions: “One issue Norby raised is likely to be incorporated into the bill, Rep. Ed Royce, said after the meeting. Royce, R-Fullerton, who is not a committee member, said the panel seems willing to include a provision that would make it clear that the multilingual ballot requirements do not apply to petitions, something Norby has also asked for. The Santa Ana recall election of Nativo Lopez was thrown into question by a court ruling saying the petitions violated the Voting Rights Act because they were only in English.”