Voters with disabilities
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : People with disabilities |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : People with disabilities |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1428949984 |
Author | : Barbara D. Bovbjerg |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2004-03-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780756739942 |
Federal law requires access to voting on Election Day for people with disabil. State political subdiv. must assure that polling places used in Fed. elections are accessible. Exceptions are allowed if no accessible place is avail., and the political subdiv. cannot make one temporarily accessible. In these cases, voters with disabil. must be reassigned to an accessible polling place or provided another means for voting. These requirements present a challenge to state and local election officials. This report: examines state and local provisions and practices for assuring voting accessibility; estimates the proportion of polling places with features that might facilitate or impede access; and identifies efforts and challenges to improving voting accessibility. Illustrated.
Author | : Barbara D. Bovbjerg |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 2010-03 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1437924808 |
Fed. law requires polling places to be accessible to all eligible voters for fed. elections, incl. voters with disabilities. However, during the 2000 fed. election, only 16% of polling places had no potential impediments to access for people with disabilities. To address these issues, Congress enacted the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), which required each polling place to have an accessible voting system. This report examined: (1) the proportion of polling places during the 2008 federal election with features that might facilitate or impede access for voters with disabilities compared to findings from 2000; (2) actions states are taking to facilitate voting access; and (3) steps the Dept. of Justice has taken to enforce HAVA voting access provisions.
Author | : United States Accounting Office |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2018-02-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781985312500 |
GAO-02-107 Voters With Disabilities: Access to Polling Places and Alternative Voting Methods
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : People with disabilities |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Barbara D. Bovjberg |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 2010-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1437917895 |
Fed. law generally requires polling places to be accessible to all eligible voters, incl. those with disabilities. In response, states and localities have implemented provisions and practices addressing the accessibility of polling places. However, during the 2000 fed. election, only 16% of polling places had no potential impediments to access for people with disabilities. Fed. law required polling places to have at least one voting system accessible for people with disabilities. This report determined: (1) the proportion of polling places that have features that might facilitate or impede access to voting for people with disabilities; and (2) the proportion of polling places that have features that might facilitate or impede private and independent voting for people with disabilities. Illus.
Author | : Barbara D. Bovbjerg |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2008-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1437900291 |
Federal law requires polling places for federal elections to be accessible to older voters & voters with physical disabilities. Following reports of problems encountered in the close 2000 presidential election with respect to voter registration lists, absentee ballots, ballot counting, & antiquated voting systems, the Help Amer. Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) was enacted. Among HAVA includes requirements for the accessibility of voting systems. This testimony focuses on: (1) a variety of factors that affect the ability of older voters to travel to polling places, cast their votes in the voting room, or avail themselves of alternative voting provisions; & (2) trends & changes regarding the accessibility of polling places & alternative voting methods. Illus.
Author | : Henry Wilhelm |
Publisher | : Nova Science Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Barrier-free design |
ISBN | : 9781628083262 |
Voting is fundamental to our democracy and federal law generally requires polling places to be accessible to all eligible voters, including those with disabilities and the elderly. However, during the 2000 federal election, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that only 16 percent of polling places had no potential impediments to voting access for people with disabilities. To address these and other issues, Congress enacted the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), which required each polling place to have an accessible voting system by 2006. Congress asked the GAO to reassess voting access on Election Day 2008, and also to study voter accessibility at long-term care facilities. This book examines the progress made from 2000 to 2008 to improve voter accessibility in polling places, including relevancy to long-term care facilities and the steps the Department of Justice has taken to enforce HAVA voting access provisions.
Author | : United States Government Accountability Office |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 2017-09-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781976193026 |
Voting is fundamental to our democracy, and federal law generally requires polling places to be accessible to all eligible voters for federal elections, including voters with disabilities. However, during the 2000 federal election, GAO found that only 16 percent of polling places had no potential impediments to access for people with disabilities. To address these and other issues, Congress enacted the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), which required each polling place to have an accessible voting system. We examined (1) the proportion of polling places during the 2008 federal election with features that might facilitate or impede access for voters with disabilities compared to our findings from 2000; (2) actions states are taking to facilitate voting access; and (3) steps the Department of Justice (Justice) has taken to enforce HAVA voting access provisions. GAO visited 730 randomly selected polling places across the country, representing polling places nationwide, on Election Day 2008. GAO also surveyed states and interviewed federal officials.