“We do not receive calls about individuals that are having issues with an English ballot as opposed to having a different language on the ballot that might assist them through that process.”

Scanlan says that if someone does have an issue, they can ask the moderator at the polling place if they can get assistance to fill out their ballot.

Some of Nashua’s election officials at polling places are bilingual.

But for a lot of Spanish speakers, learning to vote means you have to know someone who’s in the know, like Martha  Cecilia Alvarado.

She’s from Colombia and volunteers in the community and with the Granite State Organizing Project.  Alvarado’s lived in Nashua since 2010, and she’s learning English.

This election season, she’s helped about 10 people register to vote.

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