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  2. Wisconsin judge refuses GOP request to pause absentee voting ...

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    Disability Rights Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters and four disabled voters brought the lawsuit in April. The Republican-controlled state Legislature intervened and filed the appeal and ...

  3. Lawsuit seeks to allow disabled Wisconsin voters to cast ...

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    The four voters, in conjunction with Disability Rights Wisconsin and the liberal-leaning League of Women Voters, filed a lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court Tuesday that argues their right to a ...

  4. Judge allows disabled voters in Wisconsin to electronically ...

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    The injunction is part of a larger lawsuit that Disability Rights Wisconsin, the. Local election officials in battleground state Wisconsin will be allowed to send absentee ballots to disabled ...

  5. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Disability rights advocates Patrisha Wright of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and Evan Kemp Jr. (of the Disability Rights Center) led an intense lobbying and grassroots campaign that generated more than 40,000 cards and letters. After three years, the Reagan Administration abandoned its attempts to revoke or amend the ...

  6. Nursing home residents' rights - Wikipedia

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    Nursing home residents' rights are the legal and moral rights of the residents of a nursing home. [1] Legislation exists in various jurisdictions to protect such rights. An early example of a statute protecting such rights is Florida statute 400.022, enacted in 1980, and commonly known as the Residents' Rights Act.

  7. Assisted living - Wikipedia

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    Beyond addressing complaints, they empower residents by providing information on their rights and options, considering the impact on their quality of life. Mandated by the Older Americans Act, ombudsman services are directed by residents, confidential, and offered free of charge.

  8. People with disabilities sue in Wisconsin over lack of ...

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    A federal court sided with disability rights activists in 2022 and said the Voting Rights Act applies to Wisconsin voters who require assistance with mailing or delivering their absentee ballot ...

  9. Ombudsmen in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1979 the Taxpayer Ombudsman Office was created within the Internal Revenue Service to act as an ombudsman for the taxpayer. [2] Renamed in 1996 as the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate, this office has a unique role with the Treasury Department as having the responsibility to submit annual reports to Congress without any prior review or comment from the IRS Commissioner, the Secretary of the ...