How Arizona tackles a language barrier to provide Navajo voters a ballot they can listen to

Arizona Mirror

Lean Left

High Factuality

How Arizona tackles a language barrier to provide Navajo voters a ballot they can listen to

Election officials from northern Arizona counties work on translating the November ballot into Navajo in an August meeting at the Coconino County Elections Center. Navajo is a traditionally oral language, so voters who need assistance at the polls will hear this translation, instead of reading it. Photo by Jen Fifield | VotebeatThe group of Navajo speakers gathered in Flagstaff were deep into translating the pages stacked in front of them when t…