Politics

Map: Chicago Precincts With Language Assistance, Bilingual Poll Workers on Election Day

Ahead of the Nov. 5 election, the Chicago Board of Elections released a list of wards and precincts that will receive Limited English Proficiency (LEP) assistance for Election Day.

These precinct polling locations will have assigned bilingual poll workers and paper ballots in Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Korean and Tagalog. Signage will be placed at each location with bilingual poll worker support.

Additionally, every precinct polling place in Chicago will have a touchscreen voting machine and audio ballot in 12 languages: English, Spanish, Chinese (audio in Mandarin dialect), Hindi, Korean, Tagalog, Polish, Gujarati, Urdu, Ukrainian, Arabic and Russian. 

Voters with limited English proficiency also have the right to bring an interpreter to help them understand and cast a ballot. LEP voters can choose who they want to help them, except the person cannot be the voter’s employer or labor union representative.

Find more information about how and where to vote in the WTTW News Voter Guide. 

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