; and that the right of voters with disabilities to a secret ballot is not sacrificed due to the pandemic. (10) Language minority voters face unique barriers to voting that require additional resources and support to ensure full and equal access, including additional resources to ensure local compliance with the language minority voting protections in section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10503 ) and greater language assistance services, including additional bilingual or multilingual poll workers and election workers. (11) American Indian and Alaska Native voters face unique obstacles in a vote-by-mail system. Tribal communities in rural areas often do not have traditional residential mailing addresses and have limited access to transportation. Tribal members have distant rural post offices, slow mail routes, limited numbers of post office operation, and too few post office boxes. As a result, rural Tribal communities require distinct voting accommodations to ensure participation in a vote-by-mail system. (12) Finally, in-person voting holds great significance for African American voters, for whom the right to vote was hard won. African Americans have been excluded from the franchise through State and local laws, poll taxes, voting literacy tests, physical violence, and lynchings. For many African American voters today, casting a ballot at one’s polling place is a solemn ritual that honors those who sacrificed their safety and their lives in order to secure the right to vote. However, COVID-19 poses substantial risks to the African American population and has infected and killed African Americans in the United States at disproportionately high rates, highlighting longstanding inequalities in resources and access to health care. (13) Social distancing designed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic will also greatly impact in-person voter registration efforts, including voter registration drives and voter registration services required by the National Voter Registration Act. Many government offices, like