Patchy access to Indian-language ballots across US despite growing voter numbers
IANS- An Indian-American voter in Chicago can cast a ballot November 3, on a touchscreen in Hindi - Patchy access to Indian-language ballots across US despite growing voter numbers Despite the growing number of Indian-American voters in the US, there is a lack of access to Indian-language ballots across the country, according to a review by IANS. The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners offers touchscreen and audio ballots in the three languages at every polling site, while one in Texas, home to over 628,000 Indian Americans, will find no Indian language on the ballot at all. In Nassau County, New York, the state Board of Elections has decided that the county must provide Malayalam under the New York Voting Rights Act, with about 6,509 Asian Indian voting-age citizens with limited English. In Texas, IANS found only remote Hindi interpreters in Harris County. In New York City, the New Yorker provides Hindi, Punjabi and Bengali interpreters. California counties provide reference or facsimile ballots in Hindi, and in Hamtramck, Michigan, the city has posted a Bangla sample ballot for November, despite a court-ordered Bengali program expired in 2025.
Published : 3 hours ago by indica in Politics
An Indian-American voter in Chicago can cast a ballot November 3, on a touchscreen in Hindi, Gujarati or Urdu at every polling site in the city, while one in Texas, home to more than 628,000 Indian Am... [3799 symbols]
