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MADISON – Four Wisconsin voters with disabilities who cannot read or mark ballots independently are suing the state elections commission in order to vote secretly by receiving and returning ...
The hearing was part of a lawsuit Disability Rights Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters and four disabled people filed in April. They contend many people with disabilities can’t cast paper ...
The U.S DOJ Civil Rights Division phrases the right to access to the polls, as well as the right to register to vote, in these terms: "(the ADA) safeguards the voting rights of a person with a disability." [8] Though the ADA is wide-ranging in scope, it has had many lasting effects on the suffrage of disabled Americans.
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 ...
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.
Local election officials in battleground state Wisconsin will be allowed to send absentee ballots to disabled voters electronically in November's presidential election, a judge ruled Tuesday. Dane ...
The legal mentor gives advice and can only make decisions if the person is ill. A person with a disability can cancel the arrangement at any time. The court can appoint an administrator with greater financial powers and can make decisions without the person's approval, but this does not mean that all decision-making rights are lost.
The U.S. DOJ determined two Rusk County towns had failed to offer voting equipment for people with disabilities in the April 2 election. ... In Wisconsin, most votes are cast by paper ballots that ...