Resources for Voters with Disabilities
DisabilityInfo.gov
Voting Laws and Regulations Section
American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments
Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities
ADA Checklist for Polling Places
ADA Guide for Small Towns
Accessibility of State and Local Government Websites to People with Disabilities
American Bar Association (ABA), Commission on Law and Aging
State Provisions Regarding Voting: Constitutions, Election Laws, and Guardianship Statutes
Facilitating Voting as People Age: Implications of Cognitive Impairment (Introduction and Summary of the Voting Symposium, 38 McGeorge L. Rev. 843 (2007)
Facilitating Voting as People Age: Implications of Cognitive Impairment (Recommendations of the Symposium March 2006) (Full Report)
University of Pennsylvania
The following articles can be found on this site:
- Addressing the Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Raised by Voting Persons with Dementia
- The Capacity to Vote of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
- Voting by Elderly Persons with Cognitive Impairment: Lessons from Other Democratic Nations
- Identifying the barriers and challenges to voting by residents of long-term care facilities: A study of the 2003 Philadelphia mayor’s race.
- Voting and Cognitive Impairment
- Voting Capacity and Voting Age
- Voting Capacity and Voting Rights Issues in the 2004 General Election
United States Access Board
Publications
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984
The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 1973ee to 1973ee-6) requires polling places across the United States to be physically accessible to people with disabilities.
GAO
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
EAC Management Guide on Elderly and Disabled Voters in Long-Term Care Facilities
National Disability Rights Network
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section
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