How one voter navigates Wisconsin’s hurdles for people with disabilities

How one voter navigates Wisconsin’s hurdles for people with disabilities

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Wisconsin’s free newsletter here.Denise Jess walked into a Madison polling place on Saturday to vote early in person, and encountered a familiar barrier: an absentee ballot envelope with a blank space for writing in her name, birthdate, and address.Jess, who is blind, chuckled along with her wife, who accompanied …

Legal provisions have been made to allow a voter who is completely or partially visually impaired or has some physical disability to be accompanied by an assistant to mark the ballot paper at the polling station. However, the accompanying assistant must be a person who has completed 18 years of age and is not a person who is present at this election […] The post Special Notice to Voters with Disabilities appeared first on ITN News.