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katycake t1_it6anez wrote

Reply to comment by Yarmouk in [OC] US counties required to provide non-English ballots under the Voting Rights Act, by number of languages by USAFacts_Official

What's the point in a non English ballot when the politicians only speak English anyways? Are these people even aware of what they are voting for?

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Yarmouk t1_it6ykrk wrote

I have no idea why you think politicians “only speak English anyways”, but that’s a thing you made up so not really relevant here. As to your question of voter awareness, you’ve hit on the exact reason that ballots are translated, so that they can engage in voting in a language they’re most comfortable in, allowing them to make the informed decisions so vital to democracy

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souryellow310 t1_it7t8kb wrote

Many immigrant communities have local radio or TV stations in their native languages. There's also friends, family, social groups that discuss what they are voting for. In LA county, the supplemental material with the text of the ballot measures and candidate statements are translated into many languages. I have family members who can't read or write well in English but they are more informed of politics than most Americans.

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