“Migrants Are Valuable Voters Too”… Gyeonggi Province Promotes Voting in 13 Languages for Migrant Voters
Gyeonggi Province Launches Multilingual Voting Guidance
Posters Encouraging Voting Produced and Distributed
in 13 Languages Including English, Chinese, and Vietnamese
Gyeonggi Province has launched a multilingual promotional campaign ahead of the 9th National Simultaneous Local Elections to guarantee the voting rights of migrant voters. The initiative aims to help foreign residents, who face language barriers and thus have difficulty accessing election information, to participate in voting.
On May 21, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will produce and distribute posters encouraging voter participation in 13 languages, including English, Chinese, and Vietnamese, ahead of the local elections scheduled for June 3.
According to the Public Official Election Act, foreign residents are eligible to vote in local elections if they meet the following requirements: they must be 18 years of age or older, have held permanent residency for more than three years, and be registered on the foreign residents' list of the relevant local government.
The province produced promotional materials using a total of 13 languages, including Korean, as well as illustrations, so that migrant voters can more easily understand and participate in election-related information. The posters include the voting day, the schedule for early voting, and the significance of participating in the election.
The produced promotional materials will be distributed through migrant support institutions such as the Gyeonggi Province Foreign Residents Welfare Center and family centers, as well as through migrant communities and social networking services (SNS).
In addition, the province plans to carry out on-site promotional activities by utilizing various networks, including honorary ambassadors for foreign residents and the migrant policies promotion team.
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Yoon Hyeonok, Director of Immigration and Social Policy at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Migrants are also important members of our society and residents who live together in the local community. We will continue to provide multilingual guidance and promotion so that migrants do not face difficulties in participating in elections."
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