Are You A Voter With A Disability? Here’s What You Need To Know For Election Day

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What do you need to know? What are your rights? What happens if you encounter an access barrier?

This election, it is estimated that one in six eligible voters has a disability. In fact, the disability community not only makes up the country’s largest voting bloc, but it also composes the country’s largest minority, a diverse and complex minority that covers all races, ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, and religions. The disability community has made amazing efforts in this election to bring attention to the power of our intersectional, powerful community and to inform politicians that we are not only a powerful voting bloc, but that we are not a monolith, and that we have very diverse and nuanced policy interests. The best way we can do this is to take hold of our right, and our responsibility, to get out the vote on Nov. 8.