Elections officials across Colorado, including in Larimer County, are awaiting word from the federal Department of Justice about whether they will have to print Spanish-language ballots and voting information for this fall’s election.

In Colorado, some counties already have to provide dual-language ballots or interpreter services, including Denver: eight counties in Spanish, and two in Ute and Navajo, which are spoken languages only, according to the Colorado Secretary of State.

The threshold is either 5 percent of the population, or 10,000 people, who don’t speak English well, said Rich Coolidge, a spokesman for Secretary of State Scott Gessler.

Larimer County does not yet meet that threshold, but there’s a possibility that the entire state might have to provide Spanish-language ballots and information, Coolidge said. He said there’s no specific timetable for the federal government to announce whether Colorado will have to make the change this election. Officials hope the decision arrives before their Sept. 2 deadline to finalize the ballots for the Nov. 1 election.

See: Coloradoan