‘Language barriers’: Will Fresno County election ballots accommodate Arabic speakers?

April 20, 2021   

(Fresno Bee) Arabic speakers in Fresno County could soon have access to ballots and voting materials in their language, if California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber acts promptly on a new resolution.

The Language Accessibility Advisory Committee — an 18-member advisory body for the secretary of state’s office — during its April 7 meeting passed a resolution asking Weber to cover the Arabic language needs in Fresno County and those of Somali speakers in San Diego County.

The official request and information on the creation of a sub-committee for communities to petition on language access will become public by the end of this week on the committee’s website, said Christina E. Fletes-Romo, voting rights attorney with the ACLU of Northern California.

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