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Voters With Disabilities Often Overlooked In Voting Battles

April 5, 2023 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Voters With Disabilities Often Overlooked In Voting BattlesBy Ayanna Alexander in The Associated Press. Here is an extract:

Patti Chang walked into her polling place in Chicago earlier this year, anxious about how poll workers would treat her, especially as a voter who is blind. Even though she was accompanied by her husband, she said she was ignored until a poll worker grabbed her cane and pulled her toward a voting booth.

Like many voters with disabilities, Chang faces barriers at the polls most voters never even consider — missing ramps or door knobs, for example. The lack of help or empathy from some poll workers just adds to the burden for people with disabilities.

“It doesn’t help you want to be in there if you’re going to encounter those kinds of low expectations,” said Chang, 59. “So why should I go vote if I’m going to have to fight with the poll workers? I’m an adult and I should be able to vote without that.”

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Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Disability and Democracy, Voter Access

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