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Here are some other accommodations at polling places, according to the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities: Signs at polling locations should be simple , clear, and easy to understand.
The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (VAEHA) P.L. 98-435, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973ee–1973ee-6, is a United States law passed in 1984 that mandates easy access for handicapped and elderly person to voter registration and polling places during Federal elections.
You also can find a state-by-state breakdown on a number of voting issues — including time-off laws, polling hours, rules about absentee ballots, how to make a plan to vote, etc. — at Vote411.org.
[195] [196] Congress also passed the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act in 1984 to mandate accessibility requirements for the elderly and handicapped to voter registration facilities and polling places for federal elections, [197] [198] and passed the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) in 1986 to ...
[229] [230] [228] SB7 would similarly limit drive-through voting, prohibit sending unsolicited absentee ballot request forms, and require disabled voters to provide proof they are unable to vote in person, and would also limit voting hours from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.—a "direct response to Harris County having voting centers open until 10 P.M". [231]
Texas’ 2021 election bill that targeted vote harvesting has a similar provision. Voters must use a driver's license number or similar state ID number, the last four digits of a Social Security ...
the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the National Voter Registration Act of 1993; the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009; the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986; the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984
Senate Bill 1 prohibits drive-thru and 24-hour voting, offers protections for partisan poll watchers and changes laws related to voting by mail. How Texas’ new voting law is working: A Q&A with ...