Voters with Disabilities: Access to Polling Places & Alternative Voting Methods

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Year: 2001
Pages: 90
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756739942

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Barbara D. Bovbjerg (au). Federal law requires access to voting on Election Day for people with disabil. State political subdiv. must assure that polling places used in Fed. elections are accessible. Exceptions are allowed if no accessible place is avail., & the political subdiv. cannot make one temporarily accessible. In these cases, voters with disabil. must be reassigned to an accessible polling place or provided another means for voting. These requirements present a challenge to state & local election officials. This report: examines state & local provisions & practices for assuring voting accessibility; estimates the proportion of polling places with features that might facilitate or impede access; & identifies efforts & challenges to improving voting accessibility. Illustrated.

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