While federal law requires ballots to be translated into many languages, there are several languages that are not included.
Voting is a right that doesn’t always come easy for Americans who speak English as a second language.“This is an all-American city football here is like football in Texas,” said Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud.
Hammoud grew up in Dearborn where he says Arabic is the primary language for about 40% percent of the people. "For me, I grew up speaking Arabic in the household but when I ran for office, I never learned the political terms in Arabic in the household. I learned the basics:"What are you eating today?""How’s the weather?""What are you going to school for?" I never learned,"What is the environmental impact on this part of town?" Never learned that in Arabic," he said.
Fraga said only groups considered"language minorities" listed in the law qualify for federal translation help. Those groups are Spanish, Asian, Native American, and Native Alaskan. For November's midterm elections, Dearborn voters will have access to Arabic-translated ballots again.
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