Disability Voting Rights Week
September 11-15, 2023
Build the power of the disability vote with us during the 2023 Disability Voting Rights Week, September 11-15. You can be a part of our work to make sure disabled voters across the country and in every community are registered and ready to vote and have access to the ballot.
What is Disability Voting Rights Week?
Every year, the REV UP Campaign coordinates Disability Voting Rights Week (formerly National Disability Voter Registration Week) to increase the political power of people with disabilities. We do this by getting disabled people registered and ready to vote and engaging our candidates and communities on issues impacting people with disabilities.
This year, Disability Voting Rights Week is September 11-15, 2023. In 2020, an estimated 38 million people with disabilities were eligible to vote, and we invite national, state, and local organizations and advocates to participate in this national initiative in order to continue to raise the disability voice and civic participation across the country.
Resources & Tools
- Sign-up Form (Coming Soon) – Sign up to participate in Disability Voting Rights Week 2023!
- Partner Toolkit (En Español) – Tools and resources for organizing events and initiatives to build the power of the disability vote.
- Social Media Toolkit (PDF Version) – Social media posts and graphics. (Spanish Graphics)
- Partner Training – Learn about voter engagement tools and strategies you can use to build the power of the disability vote with us.
- Flyer (En Español) – Share about Disability Voting Rights Week with your partners!
- Sample Proclamation – Encourage your local officials to issue a proclamation for Disability Voting Rights Week!
- Press Release Template – Download and edit this press release template to share your involvement in this initiative in your state and communities.
How Can I Get Involved with Disability Voting Rights Week?
- Host a Voter Registration or Education Event. Host an event to register people with disabilities to vote or help voters in your state understand the rules, disability voting rights, voting options, safety-protocols, and key dates for upcoming elections.
- Activate your Social Media. Use the power and reach of social media to motivate your network to register and vote and inform voters on your state’s election rules and dates.
- Organize a candidate town hall event or distribute candidate questionnaires to engage candidates with people with disabilities in your community. As a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization you must send an invitation to all candidates. Nonprofit VOTE offers additional resources and guides on staying nonpartisan.
- Write letters to the editor or Op-Eds and engage local radio or TV stations on the growing efforts by the disability community. Check out the Op-Ed Project for tips on writing a compelling Op-Ed.
- Connect with other disability rights and voting rights organizations in your area to partner on events and initiatives during Disability Voting Rights Week.
- Ask your Governor, Mayor, City Council, County Commissioner, or State Representative to issue a proclamation declaring September 11-15, 2023, Disability Voting Rights Week.
Thank you to our over 250 partners in 2022!
Our partners include individual organizers and representatives from local government, as well as the following organizations:
- Abilities in Motion, PA
- Able South Carolina
- Access the Vote FL
- Access to Independence of Cortland County, NY
- ACLU of Wisconsin, WI
- ActBlue
- AIM Independent Living Center, NY
- Alpha One Disability + Aging Solutions, ME
- American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR), VA
- Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), DC
- AtWork!, WA
- Autism Resources Mid-South, TN
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- BCCIL (PA)
- Bender Leadership Academy, PA
- Black Girls Vote, MD
- Block by Block Creative, WA
- Blockwell Consulting, LLC, WV
- Blue Ridge Independent Living Center, VA
- Brain Injury Network of Dallas, TX
- Brooklyn Center for Independence, NY
- Campaigns By Vincent, GA
- Care Design NY
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY
- Center for People With Disabilities, CO
- Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
- City of Fort Worth, TX
- City of New Haven, CT
- Civic Influencers
- CivicTN
- Coalition on Human Needs, DC
- College of Adaptive Arts, CA
- Columbus State Community College, OH
- Common Cause, GA
- CommunicationFIRST, DC
- Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., DE
- Community Resource Network of Florida
- Connecticut Democracy Center
- Connecticut State Independent Living Council, CT
- Creative Clay, FL
- CUNY Coalition for Students with Disabilities (CCSD), NY
- Declaration for American Democracy Coalition, DC
- Delaware County Board of Developmental Disabilities
- Deliver My Vote, DC
- Democratic Disability Caucus of Florida, FL
- Denison University, OH
- Detroit Disability Power, MI
- Developmental Disability Council of Oklahoma
- Dignity Alliance Massachusetts
- Disability Inclusive Development Programs and Services – DIDEPAS, MD
- Disability Independence Group, FL
- Disability Law Center (PAVA), MA
- Disability Law Center, MA
- Disability Policy Consortium, MA
- Disability Pride PA
- Disability Right Texas
- Disability Rights California
- Disability Rights Center of Kansas
- Disability Rights FL
- Disability Rights Louisiana
- Disability Rights Maine
- Disability Rights Ohio
- Disability Rights TN
- Disability Rights WI
- Disability Rights WI/ WI Disability Vote Coalition, WI
- Disability Rights, DC
- Down Syndrome Association of Maryland
- El Paso Desert ADAPT
- Elections, Office of the Secretary of State of Washington State, WA
- Empower: Abilities (MO)
- ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia, VA
- Eyes Like Mine Inc., NJ
- Fair Elections Center, DC
- FairVote, MD
- Field Team 6, CA
- FREEDOM CENTER, DE
- Front Range Community College, CO
- Functional Industries, Incorportated, MN
- GA ADAPT
- Georgetown ISD, TX
- Georgia Coalition of the People’s Agenda
- Grupo Dignidad, Igualdad, Oportunidad
- Hampton Roads Transit, VA
- Hays County LWV, TX
- HeadCount, NY
- I Vote Madison (AL)
- I-ASC, VA
- Indiana Disability Rights, IN
- Individual Advocacy Group, IL
- Inspire Positivity Inc (GA)
- Inspire Positivity Inc, GA
- Inspire Positivity Inc., GA
- JFCS of Greater Philadelphia, PA
- JFSA of Cleveland (OH)
- KenCrest
- Law Forward, WI
- League of Women Voters Columbia Area (SC)
- League of Women Voters Knoxville and Knox County, TN
- League of Women Voters of Marin County, CA
- League of Women Voters of North Iowa
- League of Women Voters of Sarasota County, FL
- League of Women Voters of Tarrant County, TX
- League of Women Voters Texas
- League of Women Voters US, DC
- League of Women Voters- Comal Area, TX
- League of Women Voters-Williamsburg Area, VA
- Legal, LA
- Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living, PA
- Liberty Resources, Inc (PA)
- Linking Employment, Abilities and Potential (LEAP), OH
- Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, MN
- LWVWI, WI
- Marin County Elections Department, CA
- Maryland Down Syndrome Advocacy Coalition
- MediSked, NY
- Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council, MO
- Momentum WORK, Inc., CA
- National Black Justice Coalition, MD
- National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities, IL
- National Council of Jewish Women, DC
- National Council on Independent Living, DC
- National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), DC
- National Disability Rights Network, DC
- National Partnership for Women & Families, DC
- Native to Natives with Disabilities, GA
- Nebraska Civic Engagement Table
- New York Birth Control Access Project
- North Country Center for Independence, NY
- Northern Regional Center for Independent Living (NRCIL), NY
- NYAIL, NY
- NYCET, NY
- Office of the Iowa Secretary of State, Iowa
- Ohio Women’s Alliance
- Orange County Supervisor of Elections, FL
- Our Vote Texas, TX
- PA ADAPT, PA
- Paraquad, MO
- Parents Available to Help (PATH), CT
- Partnership Resources, Inc., MN
- People First of Toledo, OH
- People For the American Way, DC
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Poder Latinx, CA
- Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, LA
- ProgressNow NM
- Project 70Forward (NC)
- Reach for Resources, MN
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, DC
- Resources for Independence, Central Valley, CA
- RespectAbility
- Rev UP MN
- REV UP of Washington Parish, LA
- REV UP Texas, TX
- REV UP Virginia, VA
- Reynolds Community College, VA
- Rural Center for Independent Living, Inc., NV
- Santa Barbara County Education Office, Ca
- SBR, PA
- Silver State Voices, NY
- Special Needs Network, CA
- Special Needs Siblings, GA
- St. Coletta of Wisconsin
- State of Tennessee Dept of Human Services VR, TN
- State Voices Florida
- State Voices, Maryland
- Stavros, MA
- Stone Belt, Arc, IN
- Students Learn Students Vote Coalition
- Students with Disabilities Advocacy Group, GA
- Summit Independent Living (MT)
- Sunrise Community, Inc., FL
- That Uppity Theatre Company/Dance the Vote (MO)
- The Arc Michigan, MI
- The Arc Minnesota
- The Arc of Aurora (CO)
- The Arc of Aurora, CO
- The Arc of Illinois
- The Arc of Macomb (MI)
- The Arc of Madison County Inc (AL)
- The Arc of Massachusetts, MA
- The Arc of Opportunity, MA
- The Arc of Pennsylvania, PA
- The Arc of San Diego, CA
- The Arc of Spokane, WA
- The Arc of the US, DC
- The Arizona Students’ Association, AZ
- The Center for Independent Living Options, OH
- The Center for Independent Living, Inc., CA
- The Disability Network, MI
- The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Action Network (#MEAction)
- The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Action Network, #MEAction Maryland Chapter, MD
- The Unicorn Children’s Foundation, Inc., FL
- The University of Alabama Student Government Association, AL
- The Whole Person, MO
- The William Hyacinth Group LLC, FL
- U.S. Vote Foundation, CT
- United Methodist Church in Kansas, MO
- Upgrade Medicaid, IA
- VAIL, TX
- VoteRiders, TX
- Voting Access for All Coalition, VAAC (MI)
- Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy (ACA)
- Washtenaw Association for Community Advocacy (ACA), MI
- Western Connecticut Association for Human Rights, WeCAHR, CT
- When We All Vote, DC
- WHOM IT CONCERNS, INC., AL
- Wisconsin Disability Vote Coalition
- Yolo County Library, CA
