As voters go to polls, disability access at issue
February 5th, 2008
NY high court order allows use of machines criticized by disability rights advocates
From Newsday:
The New York Supreme Court this week required the state to allow the use of touch screen voting machines which disability and voting rights advocates say are not accessible to people with disabilities.
Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters said people in wheelchairs or with visual impairment would have difficulty reaching them or finding their paper ballots. The court was ruling on a lawsuit filed by Liberty Election Systems, the maker of a machine which had been barred by the state Board of Elections.
“This decision is a very bad one for the disability community in New York,” Bartoletti said.
The state of New York is years behind on multiple deadlines to comply with the Help America Vote Act, which is designed to make voting more accurate and more accessible to the disabled.
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