[lg policy] US: How To Vote in Other Languages — Including Yiddish

[Francis Hult]

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How To Vote in Other Languages — Including Yiddish


Voting early in Chicago, where the lines were long and snaking around the Edgewater Library stacks, I received a receipt printed in four languages — English, Spanish, Hindi, and Vietnamese. I immediately wondered about languages not listed but certainly heard in this zip code, one of the most diverse in America, and home to refugees from the former Yugoslavia, Africa, and the Middle East. What happens if you can only read Arabic or Swahili? What are your rights?


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http://forward.com/culture/353613/how-to-vote-in-other-languages-including-yiddish/?utm_content=daily_Newsletter_MainList_Title_Position-1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Daily%202016-11-08&utm_term=The%20Forward%20Today%20Monday-Friday

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