Voters with Disabilities in 2014
Do you have a disability? Did you vote? What was your voter experience? The United States Election Project estimates that the turnout of eligible voters for the 2014 midterm election was the lowest, around 36.3%, since 1942.
For eligible voters with disabilities, simply getting to their polling place can be a struggle. As a result, voters with disabilities turnout at even lower rates. This results in less-representative elections - despite the fact that 16 percent of the population is considered to have a physical, developmental or learning disability, while the2010 U.S. Census puts the figure as high as 19 percent, or one in five Americans.
Read more about this discrepancy and efforts around polling place accessibility, getting out the vote efforts, and voter turnout.
- Huffington Post Article: It's 2014, But It's Still Difficult For People With Disabilities To Vote
- ADA.gov: Voting Polling Place Solutions
- ADA and Voting
- GoVoter.org: Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered Complete their voter experience survey