Disability Rights Advocates: Coalition of Disability Groups Demand Access to New York's Inaccessible Absentee Voting
May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020
NEW YORK, May 22 -- Disability Rights Advocates issued the following news release:
A coalition of disability organizations filed a lawsuit against the New York State Board of Elections ("NYS BOE") for excluding New Yorkers with disabilities as their Absentee Ballot program expanded in response to COVID-19. The lawsuit charges the state agency with discrimination against voters who are unable to independently and privately mark a paper ballot due to print disabilities, incl . . .
A coalition of disability organizations filed a lawsuit against the New York State Board of Elections ("NYS BOE") for excluding New Yorkers with disabilities as their Absentee Ballot program expanded in response to COVID-19. The lawsuit charges the state agency with discrimination against voters who are unable to independently and privately mark a paper ballot due to print disabilities, incl . . .