“They want to vote, but because of the language barrier, they stay home and they don't know what to do.” A lack of bilingual poll workers presents a challenge for voters who don’t speak English.
Poll worker Nolan Richardson, left, speaks with Site Supervisor Emmanuel Millan at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in San Diego on Nov. 8, 2022.
Laws at the federal, state and local levels require county election offices to provide assistance at voting centers in the languages spoken by residents who live there. Census data is used to determine what languages should be provided at each vote center. The registrar has not yet released finalized data on the number of bilingual poll workers who staffed vote centers across the county, but the office has said those numbers will be available sometime after Election Day.
Sam Alvis, site manager at the Colina Del Sol vote center, said the bilingual poll workers at his location, including Bui, have made a significant impact on the ease of the voting process for non-English speaking voters. He estimated his location has served about 20 voters in Spanish or English as of Tuesday morning.
A few miles down the road at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center near Encanto, Emmanuel Millan, the site manager, said bilingual poll workers there who speak Spanish and Filipino have helped nervous or unsure non-English speaking voters feel more welcome in the voting process.
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