Voting access for disabled and long-term care voters : assessments / Henry Wilhelm, editor.

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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 voti.

VOTING ACCESS FOR DISABLED AND LONG-TERM CARE VOTERS: ASSESSMENTS; VOTING ACCESS FOR DISABLED AND LONG-TERM CARE VOTERS: ASSESSMENTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES: CHALLENGES TO VOTING ACCESSIBILITY.STATEMENT OF BARBARA BOVBJERG, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; BACKGROUND; THE PROPORTION OF POLLING PLACES WITHOUT POTENTIAL IMPEDIMENTS INCREASED BETWEEN THE 2000 AND 2008 ELECTIONS.

JUSTICE ASSESSED STATES' IMPLEMENTATION OF HAVA REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2006 DEADLINE, BUT ITS OVERSIGHT HAD SOME GAPSChapter 2: VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES: ADDITIONAL MONITORING OF POLLING PLACES COULD FURTHER IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY; ABBREVIATIONS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; BACKGROUND; THE PROPORTION OF POLLING PLACES WITHOUT POTENTIAL IMPEDIMENTS INCREASED SINCE 2000; MOST STATES HAVE ESTABLISHED REQUIREMENTSAND FUNDED IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP FACILITATE VOTER ACCESSIBILITY.

JUSTICE ASSESSED STATES' IMPLEMENTATION OF HAVA REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2006 DEADLINE, BUT ITS CURRENT OVERSIGHT HAS SOME GAPSCONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY; ELECTION DAY POLLING PLACE VISITS; ANALYSIS OF ELECTION DAY DATA; SURVEY OF STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,AND TERRITORIES; FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND EXPERT INTERVIEWSAND REVIEW OF DOCUMENTATION; APPENDIX II: LIST OF COUNTIES RANDOMLYSELECTED FOR SITE VISITS ON ELECTION DAY,NOVEMBER 4, 2008.

APPENDIX III: SUMMARY OF JUSTICE VOTING CSECTION'S INTERNAL PROCESSFOR HANDLING HAVA-RELATED MATTERSAND CASESINITIATION; INVESTIGATION; COMPLAINT JUSTIFICATION; LITIGATION; APPENDIX IV: LIST OF POTENTIAL FEATURES THAT MIGHT IMPEDE ACCESS TO VOTINGIN A POLLING PLACE; APPENDIX V: STATE REQUIREMENTSFOR ACCESSIBILITY OF POLLING PLACES,ALTERNATIVE VOTING METHODS,AND ACCOMMODATIONSTO FACILITATE VOTING; Chapter 3: ELDERLY VOTERS: INFORMATIONON PROMISING PRACTICES COULD STRENGTHEN THE INTEGRITY OF THE VOTING PROCESS IN LONG-TERMCARE FACILITIES; ABBREVIATIONS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY.

WHAT GAO RECOMMENDSWHAT GAO FOUND; BACKGROUND; MOST STATES HAVE REQUIREMENTS OR GUIDANCE TO FACILITATE VOTING FOR LONG-TERM CAREFACILITY RESIDENTS; LOCALITIES HAVE TAKEN A VARIETY OF ACTIONS TO FACILITATE AND PROTECT VOTING FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: SUMMARY OF FEDERAL LAWS RELATED TO VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; Chapter 4: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: ADA CHECKLIST FOR POLLING PLACES.

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