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Census data indicate only 3 Colorado counties need dual-language ballots.
Information obtained in the 2010 Census indicates that just three counties in Colorado - Costilla, Denver and Rio Grande - must continue to print ballots in both Spanish and English. Seven others that have done so in the past no longer have to do so because the voting-age Latinos in those counties have high literacy rates and speak English well enough that Spanish language ballots are no longer needed.
Denver Post;

Interior Secretary says nation needs more Latino-themed parks.
On the eve of White House meetings scheduled for Wednesday on Latino heritage, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said more attention should be paid to Latino heritage and culture.
Washington Post;

 
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