Focus Group – State Voter Guide
On Monday, March 25, 2013, The Cambodian Family partnered with The Greenlining Institute to host a community listening session on the State Voter Guide.
The State Voter Guide, certified by Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, is issued to our community during every state election and is available in 10 different languages as well as in audio format, all available online. The guide, which can be viewed here in English and here in Khmer, contains summaries of state ballot measures, impartial analyses of the ballot measures and potential costs to taxpayers, arguments in favor of and against ballot measures, text of the proposed laws, and other useful information.
In an effort to improve the guide and to provide an easier way to streamline the information to our community, residents, student leaders, and community leaders met and provided some of the following suggestions:
- Provide translation and interpretation of the information taking into consideration the cultural competency of each community because literal translation might not have the same connotations
- Employ user friendly words that the general community can understand
- Print using bigger font for accessibility
- Enlist the help of community organizations to host non-partisan forums that can be conducted in the appropriate language
- Provide resources for community organizations to engage and educate under served populations in the voting process
- Provide information in other forms of media such as videos, apps, and dvds
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