Disability Vote Project
The AAPD Disability Vote Project (DVP) addresses the fundamental inequalities faced by voters with disabilities, and works in a nonpartisan approach to ensure full accessibility to all polling places and voting equipment.
DVP’s work:
- Eliminating barriers to voting
- Promoting voter turnout in the disability community
- Ensuring that voting the voting machines in production are accurate, accessible, and secure
- Growing disability vote coalitions across the country
- Educating the disability community on the importance of voting
- Increasing the registration rate among voters with disabilities
GAO report on voters with disabilities
Contact:
Jim Dickson, Vice President of Organizing and Civic Engagement, jdickson@aapd.com, 800-840-8844
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AAPD wishes to thank the Carnegie Fund of New York for supporting the Disability Vote Project. |
Latest News
- The American Association of People with Disabilities Welcomes Introduction of Voter Empowerment Act
Lara Schwartz | 05/17/2012
- AAPD Interfaith Initiative Director Ginny Thornburgh honored for advocacy and outreach
Lara Schwartz | 05/16/2012
