Resources for Voters with Disabilities

For additional resources and information please visit Voting Accessibility.

EAC   

• Tips for Empowering Voters with Disabilities in the 2020 General Elections and COVID-19 Crisis

• Help America Vote Act (HAVA)

• Resolution - Ensuring Accessibility and Security

• Federal Voting Rights Card also available in Braille, to request them email [email protected] 

Department of Justice

• DOJ Help America Vote Act of 2002

ADA.gov   

• ADA.gov

• ADA Polling Place Solutions

• ADA Checklist for Polling Places 

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities 

• ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments 

• ADA Guide for Small Towns 

•  Accessibility of State and Local Government Websites to People with Disabilities

• American Bar Association, Commission on Law and Aging

• State Provisions Regarding Voting: Constitutions, Election Laws and Guardianship Statutes 

United States Access Board

• United States Access Board

Government Accountability Office

• GAO REPORT (GAO-18-4): Observations on Polling Place Accessibility and Related Federal Guidelines

• GAO REPORT (GAO-08-442T): Elderly Voters: Some Improvements in Voting Accessibility from 2000 to 2004 Elections, but Gaps in Policy and Implementation Remain 

• GAO REPORT (GAO-02-107): Voters with Disabilities: Access to Polling Places and Alternative Voting Methods 

Additional Resources

• AARP 

• National Council on Aging 

• National Institute on Aging (of the National Institutes of Health) 

• National Institute of Mental Health (of the National Institutes of Health) 

• American Foundation for the Blind 

• American Association of People with Disabilities 

• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund 

• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights