South Dakota non-profit provides ballots in five different languages [Video]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – A local non-profit is taking a big step to encourage voting for legal immigrants across the state.

Dakota News Now spoke with the CEO of South Dakota Voices for Peace on how translated ballots can encourage voter participation.

Taneeza Islam said pushing out translated ballots to the immigrant community, which is prominent in Sioux Falls, is essential.

After a low turnout across the board in June’s primaries, Islam wants to ensure that all communities are reached out to.

So, with the help of four translators, Voices for Peace has provided ballots in Amharic, Arabic, Spanish, and Nepali.

These translations, including the English ballot, can be found on Voices for Peace’s website.

“Sioux Falls specifically and South Dakota in general is growing because of multi-lingual communities immigrating into our communities and so it becomes incumbent on city services, social services to make their information accessible to these different languages,” Islam said.

Additionally, over 20,000 sample ballots will be …