Summary
Ballots should be available in the principal languages in multilingual societies.
Obligations
Election Parts
Quotes
- In multilingual societies, ballots should be available in major minority languages.
- In countries with more than one official language, ballot papers should be available in all official languages.
- For instance, participating States could consider facilitating the efforts of citizens belonging to national minorities to exercise their right to vote by introducing targeted measures to overcome specific difficulties, such as language barriers, including by providing readily accessible information and materials about voting in minority languages in areas inhabited by minorities.