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The resources below are designed to help election officials provide accessible options throughout the election process.
Please refer to our main Clearinghouse Resources page for more best practices, tools, and guidance on other topics.
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Visit Voting Accessibility, Clearinghouse Resources on Language Access, or Language Access Resources to find additional resources.
Accessibility Resources
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Accessible Elections: Information for Election Officials
Video training series developed with the National Center for Accessible Media at GBH (NCAM) to help election officials understand and improve the accessibility of voting locations, election websites, social media and other communications, outreach events, and more.
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Accessibility Checklist: Accessible Communications
Guide on creating accessible communications across different mediums, including electronic documents, in-person communications, videos and virtual meetings, and social media posts.
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Chapter 3: Accessibility
Chapter 3 of the 2nd edition of the Election Management Guidelines, published in 2023, covers best practices and key considerations related to accessibility.
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Quick Start Guide: Making Voting Accessible
Guide intended to familiarize local election officials with accessibility challenges they may face and help them develop a strategy to ensure elections are accessible.
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Quick Start Guide: Curbside Voting
Resource covering best practices related to delivering curbside voting.
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Best Practices: Accessible Voter Registration
Guide covering strategies for making voter registration accessible, both in-person and online.
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Best Practices: Accessible Voting by Mail
Resource covering case studies and best practices for making voting accessible, including strategies for ballot request, marking, return, and vote-by-mail envelopes.
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Best Practices: Accessible In-person Voting
Guide to ensuring accessible in-person voting, from choosing voting locations to training poll workers.
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Native American Voters & Disability Access
Brief covering the intersection between access challenges and other challenges impacting Native American voters.
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Language Access and Accessibility
Document with background information, additional resources, and case studies about language access and accessibility across the country.
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6 Tips for Making Voting Accessible
Quick reference with ideas and suggestions for making voting more accessible.
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Polling Place Accessibility Survey Form
Checklist election officials can use to assess the accessibility of a voting location.
Additional Resources
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