The following resources were shared during our Your Voice, Your Vote: Asian American Issues in the 2026 Midterm Elections event hosted on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
Use the resources below to learn more about the Asian American electorate in Ohio, prepare to vote in the upcoming midterm elections, and make informed decisions about who to vote for.
We also recommend identifying the issues that matter most to you, exploring organizations working on those issues, and consulting their candidate guides to learn where candidates stand on each issue.
Resources below were shared by AWARE Ohio and our panelists representing OPAWL-Building AAPI Feminist Leadership and APIAVote.
Whether it’s help finding a polling place, assistance with translating, or understanding how to register or vote, we are here to ensure our communities have all the timely and factual information they need to get out to the polls. Bilingual assistance is available in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Bengali.
APIAVote sent translated mailers to 1.9 million AAPI households in order to inform them on how, where and when to vote, in their preferred language. The mailer for Ohio is available in Chinese & Korean. They also have a resource outling your voting rights and election information for Ohio.
OPAWL-Building AAPI Feminist Leadership has compiled important dates to remember and important voting resources for Ohio in 8 Asian languages: Nepali, Hindi, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, and Bengali.
In recognition of the AAPI community’s rapid growth and impact, AAPI Data has partnered with Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) to create an Ohio-specific data factsheets on the AAPI electorate.
Read the report of the 2026 AAPI Voter Survey conducted by AAPI Data and APIAVote. Since 2012, this multilingual survey has tracked how the Asian American community thinks about the election, parties, candidates, and the issues that motivate civic engagement.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) has created a 2026 Election Fact Sheet in Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Punjabi, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Make sure you know your rights whether you're voting by mail or in person.
Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) is the nation’s leading nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to engaging, educating, and empowering Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities to strengthen their voices and create impact. For over 15 years, APIAVote has been at the forefront of a rising movement to ensure AAPIs are represented and heard, leading to historic voter turnout and advancing equity for AAPI communities.
OPAWL is a grassroots community that organizes for social justice and elevates the voices, visibility, and progressive leadership of Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women, nonbinary, and trans people in Ohio. By co-creating an organized and intersectional feminist member-led community, we are building collective power.
The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) is a national non-partisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander participation and representation at all levels of the political process, from community service to elected office.
Use the interactive map or list of Ohio counties to access your sample ballot for the upcoming election. Select your county, enter your name, and choose your sample ballot to review the candidates and issues that will appear on your ballot.
The Ohio Voter Guide compiles unbiased, nonpartisan information about candidates that helps you to make informed decisions about the races on your ballot. Information is compiled from publicly available campaign materials and statements, candidate websites and social media accounts, and news coverage of the candidates and election.
The PGNL Election Guide aims to take some of the pain out of election season and help voters feel better equipped to make choices at the polls. This guide was developed with the goal of providing accurate, fact-based information on candidates, issues and the voting process that will help voters make informed decisions when they vote.
The ACLU of Ohio seeks to preserve civil liberties and advance civil rights for each new generation. They are elevating the most important civil rights issues that are on the line this election season by profiling the candidates in the Ohio governor’s race, the U.S. Senate race, and House races in key congressional districts, OH 1 and OH 9.
The League of Women Voters of Ohio is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. We empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education, and litigation, at the local, state, and national levels.
Our work is motivated by the firm belief that our democracy is strongest when it includes us all. Accordingly, we prioritize supporting communities that are most likely to experience barriers to voting — young voters (18-35), low-income, Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), as well as voters with disabilities, rural voters who may lack access to broadband or transportation, unhoused voters, and citizens for whom English is not a first language.
Election Protection provides Americans from coast to coast with comprehensive information and assistance at all stages of voting – from registration, to absentee and early voting, to casting a vote at the polls, to overcoming obstacles to their participation. Election Protection helps voters make sure their vote is counted.
All the election information you need. Check your voter registration, find your polling place, learn about candidates, and more. Brought to you by the League of Women Voters Education Fund.
Vote.org is the largest nonpartisan nonprofit in the United States of America dedicated to increasing voter participation. Our mission is simple but urgent: use technology, data, and strategic outreach to ensure every eligible American has the information and access they need to cast a ballot.