Spanish order puts county in election bind Bilingual clerk requirements spur scramble to fill 269 posts BY JOHN REYNOLDS AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Increased federal scrutiny of the electoral process in the upcoming presidential election has Lubbock County officials scrambling to find up to 269 Spanish-speaking election clerks by November. Elections Administrator Dorothy Kennedy was notified Thursday of the new bilingual clerk requirements in a memo from Texas Secretary of State Geoffrey Connor. Training and staffing that number of election workers could cost as much as $27,000. However, County Commissioner James Kitten said he was less worried about the cost and more worried...