Voter’s Choice Act: Understanding Language Access in Voter’s Choice Act Counties for the 2022 Primary Election 

The California Secretary of State’s Office commissioned this research report from the UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) to assess the effectiveness of the Voter’s Choice Act (VCA). These reports include data analysis on how voters that speak a primary language other than English cast their ballots during the 2022 Primary Election utilizing VoteCal data and a survey of county accessibility in elections (e.g. translation materials on websites). This analysis includes an aggregated total for all VCA counties combined, as well as an aggregate of combined VCA counties that excludes Los Angeles County. We present an aggregated total that excludes Los Angeles County to prevent the skewing of the findings due to the size of the County.

Included below is the Voter’s Choice Act: Understanding Language Access in Voter’s Choice Act Counties for the 2022 Primary Election and UCLA Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) Report on Race and Ethnicity in the 2022 Primary Election.

Contributors: Matthew Barreto, Lorrie Frasure, Sonni Waknin, Michael Rios, Vivian Alejandre, Michael Herndon, Ananya Hariharan & Diego Casillas