Episode 6 Resources: Voting Accessibility
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- Contact Your State – State by State Voting Information
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
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/Quick Start-Accessibility.pdf - Quick Start Management Guide – Serving Voters In Long Term Care Facilities
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/Quick Start-Serving Voters in Long-Term Care Facilities.pdf - Election Management Guidelines
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/election_management_resources/election_management_guidelines.asp - Election Management Guidelines Chapter 9: Polling Place and Vote Center Management
(includes church activity rooms as possible poll locations)
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/assets/1/workflow_staging/Page/266.PDF - Election Management Guidelines Chapter 14: Polling Communicating with the Public
Source: US Election Assistance Commission
Link: eac.gov/assets/1/Documents/EMG%20chapt%2014%20august%2026%202010.pdf - Election Management Guidelines Chapter 19: Accessibility
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/ - 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
Source: Southeast ADA Center
Link: adasoutheast.org/publications/resourcelists/accessible_voting_resources.pdf - Voting Rights Documents Selected by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Source: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Link: bazelon.org/Where-We-Stand/Self-Determination/Voting.aspx - National Council on Disability (NCD) Statement: Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (2006)
Source: National Council on Disability
Link: ncd.gov/publications/2006/06232006 - National Disability Rights Network Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA)
Link: ndrn.org/en/issues/voting.html
Source: National Disability Rights Network - 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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