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Melody Lam on why she encourages friends and family to sign up as volunteers for VoterVOX: "If you, a family member, or a friend can’t vote during this election, but is proficient in another language, at the very least, you can support voters with low English proficiency who want to vote by contributing your knowledge of Asian languages through VoterVOX. As a second-generation AAPI who grew up translating documents for her parents and grandparents, I have witnessed how frustrating, scary, isolating, and intimidating not knowing the main language of the country you’re living in can be. VoterVOX helps make language one less barrier to voting." You can read more of her story here: http://vote.18mr.org/2016/10/melody-lam.html.

There is so much at stake in this election, one of the core issues that affect AAPIs is language access. Over 35% of AAPIs are limited English proficient. Language access is an issue that has important implications to voter access and voter turnout. Language barriers shouldn't prevent anyone from voting. Sign up to be a VoterVOX volunteer, a web-based app that helps limited English proficient voters understand their ballot and voting materials: www.votervox.org. -DW

We launched VoterVOX because language barriers shouldn't prevent anyone from voting. If you believe that English-only ballots shouldn't be the norm, sign up to be a VoterVOX volunteer: www.votervox.org. Help us make democracy accessible in every language.

After months of workshops and collaborative design sessions, we're excited to officially launch VoterVOX. Language barriers shouldn't prevent anyone from voting Votervox is an app that will connect Limited English Proficient (LEP) voters with multilingual volunteers to help them understand their ballots, ensuring that everyone who wants to vote gets information in their preferred language. Help us make our democracy accessible in every language: www.votervox.org, share with your aunties, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, and everyone!

Hey, Oakland! Our collaborative VoterVOX design workshop is coming up this weekend. RSVP with your parents, aunties, and uncles because the future of democracy is in your hands! Register today: https://www.facebook.com/events/475817742627835/. 

If you haven't chipped in, but would like to, you can do so at http://action.18mr.org/votervox

VoterVOX can’t happen without you. Become a backer today by donating to our IndieGoGo!

VoterVOX is a translational tool that empowers individuals and communities to connect and take on elections and voting, and there’s only one week left in its crowdfunding campaign!