Legislation

Council proposes new voting machines to be programmed in languages spoken by city's non-English speakers

Philadelphia's new voting machines must now offer languages other than English, benefiting around 22% of speakers who don't speak fluently or at all. The change aims to include more non-English languages in the city's voting systems.

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Council sought to require voting machines to display voter's chosen language in ballots.

Philadelphia's voting machines will now offer ballots in voters' preferred languages under a new city requirement. Councilmember Oh sponsored the legislation aimed at increasing voter accessibility.

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Philadelphia Residents to Decide Fate of Mandatory Language Access Plans in City Agencies

Language barriers could soon be a thing of the past for thousands of Philly residents as a proposed charter amendment aims to make city services accessible to non-English speakers in their native tongues.

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