Cook County hotlines available to voters with disabilities or language barriers
Stickers declare "I voted" in several languages.
Daily Herald file photo, 2015
Updated 4/5/2021 5:04 PM
Voters who have disabilities or language barriers can reach out to any of 15 Cook County hotlines for assistance on Election Day.
The Cook County clerk's office provides voting assistance via the hotlines in Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Tagalog, Polish, Russian, Ukranian, Gujarati, Urdu and Arabic, as well as in English.
Voters who have disabilities also can get help via a hotline, and there is a TDD hotline for hearing or speech impaired voters.
Touch screen voting machines are equipped with ballots in the same languages. Audio ballots are available, as well. The clerk's office assigns bilingual election judges to many precincts.