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>> DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES
ARE REITERATING CONCERNS THIS
WEEK ABOUT ASSISTANCE IS FOR
VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES AND
RETURNING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
DISABILITY RIGHTS WISCONSIN SAYS
ROUGHLY A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE
SOUGHT THEIR HELP AFTER HAVING
DIFFICULTY WITH AN ASSISTER
RETURNING THEIR BALLOT.
ADDITIONALLY, SOME CLERKS HAVE
STATED IN POASKTS THAT THE
POLLING PLACE ON THEIR WEBSITE
OR FROM BALLOT ENCLOSURES THAT
ONLY THE VOTER CAN TURN IN AN
ABSENTEE BALLOT AND THEY DON'T
LIST EXCEPTIONS FOR VOTERS WITH
DISABILITIES.
BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW
PROTECT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
TO HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS TO VOTE
AND, LAST YEAR, A FEDERAL COURT
RULING CLARIFIED THIS INCLUDES
BALLOT RETURN ASSISTANCE.
FOR QUESTIONS, VOTERS CAN CALL
THEIR LOCAL CLERK OR THE
DISABILITY RIGHTS WISCONSIN
VOTER HOTLINE AT 1-844-347-8683.