{"id":53294,"date":"2024-10-16T09:14:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/santa-clara-county-botches-vietnamese-election-billboard\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T09:14:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:14:07","slug":"santa-clara-county-botches-vietnamese-election-billboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/santa-clara-county-botches-vietnamese-election-billboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Clara County botches Vietnamese election billboard"},"content":{"rendered":"
Santa Clara County elections officials have taken down a Vietnamese language billboard\u00a0in San Jose\u2019s Little Saigon neighborhood, after passing drivers noticed it advertised\u00a0the wrong election date. Until this month, the\u00a0billboard on Story Road read \u201cB\u1ea7u c\u1eed s\u01a1 b\u1ed9 (Primary election)\u201d and \u201cNg\u00e0y 5 th\u00e1ng Ba, 2024 (March 5, 2024).\u201d It should say \u201cB\u1ea7u c\u1eed t\u1ed5ng qu\u00e1t (General Election)\u201d and \u201c5 th\u00e1ng 11, 2024 (Nov. 5, 2024).\u201d The\u00a0translation flub from the Registrar of Voters has Vietnamese American residents groaning about an avoidable error\u00a0\u2014 especially as county elections officials invest in voter outreach to non-English speakers and people who speak English as…\u00a0<\/p>\n