Hello Lars (and all others). Just a quick response to your inquiry about
accessibility to polling places. My colleagues (Lisa Ochs, Todd
Shields, Ken Schriner, Doug Kruse, and Lisa Schur) and I have been
researching this and related questions for awhile now. If you give me your
mailing address, I will be happy to send copies of our papers to you. We
have written on the following topics:
1. Participation of people with disabilities in U.S. elections. (We find
much lower rates of registration and voting for people with disabilities.)
2. An analysis of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Voting
Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, and the National
Voter Registration Act. (We find that the ADA, as interpreted by the
Department of Justice and the courts, is not very effective in making
polling places accessible. Also, the Voting Accessibility Act is quite
weak in a number of important ways.)
3. An analysis of the U.S. state laws that prohibit voting by some
individuals with cognitive and emotional impairments. (We argue that these
laws violate constitutional protections to equal treatment.)
We are also in the process of conducting a national survey of
implementation of the National Voter Registration Act, which requires
state-funded agencies serving people with disabilities to offer voter
registration to their consumers, but this study will not be complete for
awhile.
If anyone else on the list is interested in these papers, please respond
off-list and provide me with your mailing address.
Kay Schriner, Ph.D. 501.575.6417 (direct)
Research Professor 501.575.3356 (reception)
Department of Political Science 501.575.2642 (fax)
428 Old Main
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, lars.mr.lindberg wrote:
> I wonder if anyone know which countries that have legislation regarding accessibility to polling-stations? I know that US have a legislation, the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (VAEHA), but do other countries have that kind of legislation too and where can I find them? I do also would like to get information of what result the VAEHA have had?
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Lars L
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