Survey of Polling Sites TO Ensure Compliance with Voting Laws for People with Disabilities
ARISE, Syracuse University’s Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies, the Public Interest Law Firm of the SU College of Law, and selected SU student organizations surveyed polling sites to check for barriers such as stairs, lack of or poorly designated accessible parking, no directional signage, heavy doors, narrow hallways or lack of instructions on voting in Braille or other alternative formats. The results were made public at Manlius Fire Station #2 in 2005.
More coverage of this issue:
- Post-Standard Letter to the Editor, October 24, 2005: Polling place survey will help everyone vote
- Post-Standard, November 9, 2005: Polling sites off-limits to many disabled
- Post-Standard, November 10, 2005: Our Opinion: Some choose, some lose
- Kanter, A., & Russo, R. (2006, November December). The right of people with disabilities to exercise their right to vote under the Help America Vote Act. Mental & Physical Disability Law Reporter, 30(6), 852-857.