Nonprofits, Election Officials Launch Voting Resources in Arabic, Bangla and Spanish
Michigan Advance
In an effort to dismantle language barriers at Michigan’s polls and ensure citizens who speak languages other than English can vote, a coalition of nonprofit organizations and election officials this week launched an array of voting resources in Arabic, Bangla and Spanish.
MichiganVoting.org – a group that includes the ACLU of Michigan, the Anti-Defamation League, APIA Vote Michigan, the Detroit branch of the NAACP, Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, the Oakland County Clerk’s Office, and the League of Women Voters of Michigan, among others – announced Monday that it now offers a voter’s rights guide, voter registration forms, and absentee ballot applications in the languages spoken by hundreds of thousands of Michiganders.
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