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The resources below are designed to help election officials provide language access to voters.
The Voting Rights Act (VRA) requires that certain state and political subdivisions provide language assistance during elections for certain language minority groups who are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process.
Please refer to our main Clearinghouse Resources page for more best practices, tools, and guidance on other topics.
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Visit Voting Accessibility, Clearinghouse Resources on Accessibility, or Language Access Resources to find additional resources.
Language Access Resources
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Language Access and Accessibility
Document with background information, additional resources, and case studies about language access and accessibility across the country.
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Best Practices for Unwritten Languages
Resource designed to assist election officials with providing language assistance to voters who require oral assistance in their minority language.
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Language Access Program Checklist
Checklist of steps election officials can take across different parts of the election process to ensure adequate language access is being provided.
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Clearinghouse Brief: Language Accessibility
Guide aggregating existing resources and providing a concise summary of issues related to language access in election administration.
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Language Access Roundtable
Recording of a 2022 language access roundtable conversation moderated by the EAC Commissioners.
Additional Resources
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