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		<title>Disability voter turnout reported up</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/30/disability-voter-turnout-reported-up-19418/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study by researchers at Rutgers University has found that voter turnout among people with disabilities rose significantly in the 2008 presidential election, according to a press release from the American Association of People with Disabilities. The study, by Profs. Lisa Schur and Douglas Kruse of the university&#8217;s School of Management and Labor Relations, found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds find widespread lack of access at polling places</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/10/polling-access-18205/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Promises, promises&#8217; From the Associated Press: A report from the Government Accountability Office has found that nearly one-third of the nation&#8217;s polling places failed to provide access to voters in wheelchairs in last November&#8217;s election. The study found that 23 percent denied privacy to voters with disabilities, and 73 percent of polling places had physical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish campaign aims to empower citizens with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/26/my-opinions-my-vote-14924/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Irish Times: Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) is launching a campaign called  &#8220;My Opinions, My Vote&#8220;  hoping to give people with intellectual disabilities the knowledge and skills to form their own opinions and make educated political choices. As part of the project, DSI has worked to translate the documents of European political parties into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates seek voting rights for those with intellectual disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/05/advocates-seek-voting-rights-for-those-with-intellectual-disabilities-4561/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AP/CNN: All but 11 states have laws limiting voting rights on the basis of competence, denying people voting rights for reasons like intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Advocates are working to help people exercise their rights, but say laws are vague and open to interpretation by the courts. Others worry that unscrupulous outsiders will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voters see lack of disabled access at Indiana polls</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/04/confusion-at-satellite-polls-4471/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [Terre Haute, IN] Tribune-Star: Voters with disabilities complain that they have been turned away from voting at satellite polling locations in Indiana because the law is unclear about assistance. According to state law, voters with disabilities are eligible to vote at regular polling locations with assistance from a designated representative or two official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC mom alleges vote fraud by group home worker</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/04/nc-mother-alleges-vote-fraud-4457/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will challenge son&#8217;s vote From the Durham Herald Sun (registration required): The mother of a man with intellectual disabilities in North Carolina claims an employee of a Durham group home committed voter fraud by taking her 28-year-old son to an early-voting site and telling him how to mark his ballot. Eileen Murphy said she is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California GOP seeks probe over disabled voting</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/03/disabled-voting-probe-sought-4413/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From News10-TV in Sacramento (ABC affiliate): The California Republican party is asking the secretary of state to investigate an organized voting campaign involving developmentally disabled adults in Tuolumne County. As many as ten clients of the Thumbs Up! adult care center have already cast absentee ballots under the supervision of center director David Simerley, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother challenges son&#8217;s absentee ballot</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/03/mother-challenges-sons-absentee-ballot-4405/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From KCCI-TV, Des Moines: An Iowa woman who volunteers for the McCain campaign is challenging the absentee ballot her son cast for Barack Obama, saying her son does not have the mental capacity to make an independent decision. Brenda Lyddon&#8217;s son Christopher Willis, 26, is developmentally delayed and lives in a group home in Grinnell, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana assists voters with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/03/indiana-voting-4396/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, a feature on a program in Indiana that breaks down obstacles that could otherwise prevent people with disabilities from voting. In the case of Dr. Arun Goel, that meant that an election official came to assist him at his home. Dr. Goel is paralyzed, the result of a fall. An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Additional items for Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/10/07/additional-items-11-3402/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blind aide raises bar of expectations &#8211; The Hill (blindness) Disabled parking placard use is on the rise &#8211; LA Daily News (law) Report: Disabled voters face difficulty in RI - Boston Globe (voting) Op-ed: Those with developmental disabilities need help now - Denver Post (law, politics, intellectual disabilities) Film of Norfolk man&#8217;s life added to Library [...]]]></description>
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