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Kes: These Republicans are really getting up my nose by targeting voting access: they remind me of one of my male cousins when I was growing up. Whenever we were playing a game, he would grab the rules book and totally control it, and then give us his interpretation of the rules he wanted to play by. I only found out a few years ago that if you challenge another user's word usage in Scrabble, you have to take a penalty (he used to challenge me *all the time*.).
So, I'm done with Republicans thinking they get to make all the rules: voting access is my 2021 priority. If you're looking for a group that specifically protects the voting rights of people with disabilities, its
Rev Up
https://www.aapd.com/advocacy/voting/#main
They're also on Twitter and Facebook.
Note: Alexa is so awesome! I was wondering if "rat bastard" has a space in it, and she knew the anser!
Mail Voting Boosted Turn Out for Voters With Disabilities | Time
BY ABIGAIL ABRAMS
https://time.com/5940397/2020-mail-voting-accessibility/?bblinkid=248805273&bbemailid=29226165&bbejrid=1872823733
Excerpt
FEBRUARY 18, 2021 12:24 PM EST
Republican state lawmakers are advancing a wave of new voting restrictions aimed at reversing the slew of pandemic-inspired election flexibilities, including expansions of mail voting, that most states adopted last year. But new evidence shows that those voting options likely led to significantly higher turnout among Americans with disabilities, a group that is equally as likely to vote Republican as Democrat.
Just 11% of voters with disabilities said they experienced difficulties in voting in 2020, down from 26% in 2012, according to a study on voting accessibility published Wednesday by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
https://www.eac.gov/election-officials/us-election-assistance-commission-study-disability-and-voting-accessibility-2020
Among disabled voters who used mail ballots, just 5% reported experiencing difficulties, while 18% of disabled voters who opted for in-person voting encountered difficulties.
Those numbers mark a major change from previous election cycles, according to experts on political participation. “Anything that makes it easier, that provides more options to people with disabilities, is good for the turnout of people with disabilities,” says Douglas Kruse, a professor at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations who co-authored the EAC study.
But in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s election loss and the subsequent Jan. 6 riots incited by his claims of a stolen election, Republican state lawmakers are doubling down on bills that require Americans to jump through more hoops to cast a vote. A
recent analysis
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-february-2021
by the Brennan Center for Justice found that this year, lawmakers have already filed 165 bills to restrict voter access in 33 states. Many of the bills would limit mail voting, add new voter ID requirements, make it tougher to register to vote and easier for states to kick people off voter rolls if they don’t vote in every election. States that were closely contested in 2020 have seen the most legislative action, with Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia leading the pack on new voting restriction proposals. Republicans in Wisconsin and Michigan have indicated they may also pursue similar bills.
So, I'm done with Republicans thinking they get to make all the rules: voting access is my 2021 priority. If you're looking for a group that specifically protects the voting rights of people with disabilities, its
Rev Up
https://www.aapd.com/advocacy/voting/#main
They're also on Twitter and Facebook.
Note: Alexa is so awesome! I was wondering if "rat bastard" has a space in it, and she knew the anser!
Mail Voting Boosted Turn Out for Voters With Disabilities | Time
BY ABIGAIL ABRAMS
https://time.com/5940397/2020-mail-voting-accessibility/?bblinkid=248805273&bbemailid=29226165&bbejrid=1872823733
Excerpt
FEBRUARY 18, 2021 12:24 PM EST
Republican state lawmakers are advancing a wave of new voting restrictions aimed at reversing the slew of pandemic-inspired election flexibilities, including expansions of mail voting, that most states adopted last year. But new evidence shows that those voting options likely led to significantly higher turnout among Americans with disabilities, a group that is equally as likely to vote Republican as Democrat.
Just 11% of voters with disabilities said they experienced difficulties in voting in 2020, down from 26% in 2012, according to a study on voting accessibility published Wednesday by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
https://www.eac.gov/election-officials/us-election-assistance-commission-study-disability-and-voting-accessibility-2020
Among disabled voters who used mail ballots, just 5% reported experiencing difficulties, while 18% of disabled voters who opted for in-person voting encountered difficulties.
Those numbers mark a major change from previous election cycles, according to experts on political participation. “Anything that makes it easier, that provides more options to people with disabilities, is good for the turnout of people with disabilities,” says Douglas Kruse, a professor at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations who co-authored the EAC study.
But in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s election loss and the subsequent Jan. 6 riots incited by his claims of a stolen election, Republican state lawmakers are doubling down on bills that require Americans to jump through more hoops to cast a vote. A
recent analysis
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-february-2021
by the Brennan Center for Justice found that this year, lawmakers have already filed 165 bills to restrict voter access in 33 states. Many of the bills would limit mail voting, add new voter ID requirements, make it tougher to register to vote and easier for states to kick people off voter rolls if they don’t vote in every election. States that were closely contested in 2020 have seen the most legislative action, with Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia leading the pack on new voting restriction proposals. Republicans in Wisconsin and Michigan have indicated they may also pursue similar bills.
