In 2021, a NV law was enacted that requires all county and city clerks to send every active registered voter a mail ballot before a primary or general election. Though a massive win for NV voters, for this benefit to truly reach every NV voter, election officials must offer ballots and voting materials in the languages that Nevadans actually read and speak.
In April of this year, All Voting is Local Nevada released Ballots for All: Improving Language Access for Nevada Voters in English and Spanish. In partnership with groups who serve Nevada’s diverse language communities, All Voting is Local Nevada studied geographic and census data to identify populations with significant need of translated ballots and materials. We found that more counties should be voluntarily serving the number of communities in Nevada who speak Spanish, Tagalog, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, and Amharic.
