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Amplifying Voices – How to Vote in Mississippi

Posted on September 28, 2020October 11, 2021 By amarasubs No Comments on Amplifying Voices – How to Vote in Mississippi

Amplifying Voices – How to Vote in Mississippi 

Last week we discussed issues immigrant communities in the United States face when trying to cast their vote. While systematic issues have hindered voting before, the emergence of COVID-19 has presented additional challenges to ensuring equal access to voting.

In an effort to help address low voter turnout and remove barriers to participation, we’ll begin with a focus on the most difficult state to vote in during a pandemic – Mississippi.

What are the Barriers to Voting in Mississippi?

Here are some of the reasons why The Fulcrum, a non-partisan non-profit organization, places Mississippi at the top of the list: 

There is no in-person early voting [in Mississippi]. There are no Election Day voting centers. Registering online is not allowed, registering by mail has to be done a month before the election — and, unlike every other state, applicants who are naturalized citizens must provide documentary proof.

Mississippi is also alone in having enacted only one of the 11 top policies that make balloting easier in a pandemic: No ID is required to vote by mail. But applying for an absentee ballot has to be done on paper, and the form allows just two acceptable excuses — being disabled or being out of town on Election Day.

Who Could Use Help With Voting in Mississippi?

In a breakdown of top five non-English languages spoken in Mississippi, we can see that a significant portion of the population may not have ready access to educational voting material in their native language, making it difficult to navigate voting regulations: 

Language Rank
(by speakers)
# of SpeakersLanguage% of Speakers that speak
English below “Very Well”
165kSpanish44%
26.5kVietnamese54%
33.6kChinese61%
42.6kTagalog35%
52.1kArabic40%

Data: Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over for States: 2009-2013 via US census


You Can Amplify By:

  1. Check out the video “How to Vote in Mississippi” on Amara:
  2. Translate the subtitles into the languages you speak fluently
  3. Share the translated video on Amara, particularly to those in Mississippi that may otherwise not have access to voting instructional material in their own language

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