An Asian American civil rights group will monitor hundreds of polling places across Southern California to ensure voters who speak limited English have the necessary information to be able to vote.

It’s the largest poll monitoring effort the Asian Americans Advancing Justice has ever organized, covering more than 900 polling places across 25 counties. The civil rights group has for years dispatched poll observers in Los Angeles and Orange counties, and for the first time it will do so in the Inland area.

This effort comes at a time when many fear that immigrant and racial minority voters may encounter intimidation at the polls. There is no requirement that voters speak or read English in order to vote.

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“If you don’t have access to materials and you need it in order to feel comfortable making your voting decisions … not having it could be a form of voter suppression,” said Karin Wang, of the Los Angeles-based group Asian Americans Advancing Justice.

Wang said the lack of translated material can discourage new citizens, who didn’t grow up with English as their first language, from actually going to their polling locations and casting their vote.

“There actually is a very real impact on members of our community, many of who are newly naturalized citizens going to the polls,” she added

In California, there are more than 3.7 million eligible Asian American and Pacific Islander voters, comprising more than 14 percent of the state’s 2016 electorate, according to AAPIData.com, a website featuring data on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Deanna Kitamura, the group’s voting rights project director, said poll monitors will look into whether translated election material is available in the languages required by state law, and will also ensure the information is displayed in a visible manner. Kitamura said they often find there is no signage announcing the bilingual poll workers that are on hand.

And as the fear of voter suppression remains a real concern, the organization will also be on the lookout for potential voter harassment.

Some worry that Republican Donald Trump’s supporters could heed his claims that the election is rigged and interfere with voters at polling places.

“If our monitors observe or report any major issues, we will be in immediate contact with election officials on Election Day,” Kitamura said. “We want all voters to be able to cast an informed ballot and to have a positive experience in this election.”

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