WISCONSIN WATCH: When accessible voting isn’t accessible: A blind voter’s experience at the polls
In an article for Wisconsin Watch, intern Baylee Alger shares his experience as a 27-year-old blind voter casting a ballot for the first time on Election Day. Although he planned to use an accessible electronic voting machine called the ExpressVote to vote independently and privately, the machine was missing crucial components—including physical keys—and ultimately could not be used. While poll workers apologized and assisted him with a traditional paper ballot alongside his mother, Alger highlights that the situation underscores a broader gap in election accessibility: even when equipment exists to help voters with visual disabilities, poll workers are often not properly equipped or trained to operate it.
