Episode 33 Resources: Voting Access - What Poll Workers Need to Know

State by State Voting Information - Contact Your State
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/voter_resources/contact_your_state.aspx
Election Management Guidelines
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/election_management_resources/election_management_guidelines.aspx
Quick Start Management Guide - Accessibility (PDF)
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/Quick Start-Accessibility.pdf
Election Management Guidelines
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/election_management_resources/election_management_guidelines.asp
Election Management Guidelines Chapter 19: Accessibility (PDF)
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/assets/1/Documents/EMG%20chapt%2019%20august%2026%202010.pdf
Multimedia Resources– Making Polling Places (Accessible Video)
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/making_polling_places_accessible/
Accessible Voting - ADA Now (PDF)
Source: Great Plains ADA Center
Link: www.gpadacenter.org/sites/adaproject.org/files/adanow_accessible_voting.pdf
Accessible Elections for Tennessee Voters (Video)
Source: Tennessee Disability Coalition
Link: www.tndisability.org/article/accessible-elections-tennessee-voters
Helping Tennessee Vote- A poll workers guide to assisting voters with disabilities (PDF)
Source: Disability Rights Tennessee
Link: www.disabilityrightstn.org/documents/helping-tn-vote-drtn-2015-web.pdf
Solutions for Five Common ADA Access Problems at Polling Places
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Link: ada.gov/ada_voting/voting_solutions_ta/polling_place_solutions.htm
Link: ada.gov/votingck.htm
ADA Checklist for Polling Places
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Link: ada.gov/votingchecklist.htm
Link: ada.gov/votingck.htm
About the National Voter Registration Act
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Link: justice.gov/crt/about/vot/nvra/activ_nvra.php
Voting and Disability Resource List (PDF)
Source: Southeast ADA Center
Link: adasoutheast.org/publications/resourcelists/accessible_voting_resources.pdf
National Disability Rights Network Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA)
Source: National Disability Rights Network
Link: ndrn.org/en/issues/voting.html
Election Protection Coalition
The Election Protection Coalition hosts a hotline where voters can call to report problems when voting and receive advice on what to do. The Coalition is a nonpartisan alliance of civil rights and civic organizations committed to protecting the rights of all voters to cast their ballot. The hotline (1-866-OURVOTE or 1-866-687-8683) is an immediate, on-the-spot resource staffed by lawyers, law students and other volunteers trained to resolve voting problems.
Source: Election Protection Coalition
Link: 866ourvote.org

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