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“Sending a Vote by Mail ballot to every voter is a critical step for voter access in 2020, but it means that millions of California voters will lose that moment when a poll worker asks them what language they would like their ballot in. Mailers like L.A. County’s help ensure language stands as a barrier to the ballot for as few voters as possible,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause. “Every county in the state should use their remaining mailings, before Vote by Mail ballots go out, to share language access information.”

“Mailers like L.A. County’s help ensure language stands as a barrier to the ballot for as few voters as possible,” he said. “Every county in the state should use their remaining mailings, before Vote by Mail ballots go out, to share language access information.”

"Sending a Vote by Mail ballot to every voter is a critical step for voter access in 2020, but it means that millions of California voters will lose that moment when a poll worker asks them what language they would like their ballot in," said Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause."Mailers like L.A. County's help ensure language stands as a barrier to the ballot for as few voters as possible," he said. "Every county in the state should use their remaining mailings, before Vote by Mail ballots go out, to share language access information."

Targeted outreach efforts are crucial for reaching first-time, low-propensity and limited-English speaking voters, write Jonathan Mehta Stein of California Common Cause and Francisco Pedraza, a UC Riverside professor.

“There’s a real hunger for more information, simply conveyed, and conveyed in [their] language,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director at California Common Cause.

“Asian American and Latinx are voting at half the rate of the (general) electorate,” said Jonathan Mehta Stein, Executive director of California Common Cause to AsAmNews. He pointed to a voter turn out rate of both groups in the low 20s during the California March primary.