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kestrellOnline System for Boston voters with print disabilities.
Massachusetts
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The City of Boston and the Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL), Bay State Council of the Blind (BSCB), and five Boston voters, represented by the Disability Law Center (DLC), entered into a Settlement Agreement on September 8, 2021 to establish an Accessible Remote Voting System that allows City of Boston voters with disabilities to participate in the absentee voting and vote by mail programs privately and independently.
Per the Agreement, the Accessible Remote Voting System must be available "for the 2021 Boston preliminary and regular municipal elections and for every election through December 31, 2025" as an accommodation for Boston voters who have disabilities, such as blindness, low vision, and mobility/dexterity disabilities, that make it difficult or impossible to effectively access standard print materials ("print disabilities"). Key components of this System provide, in lieu of a standard print paper ballot, an accessible electronic ballot that can be marked and officially cast electronically through a web-based platform or other accessible mechanism compliant with current World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1, Level AA).
The online Accessible Remote Voting System is now live and available as an accommodation for Boston voters with print disabilities. To request access to the System, voters with print disabilities should submit the following two items in writing to the Boston Elections Department (email: election@boston.gov
mailto:election@boston.gov ; phone: 617-635-8683; website: https://www.boston.gov/departments/election https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=07a0fbbe55&e=8fde9b09a7 ):
(NDVRW)
is September 13-20, 2021. Are you ready to get the word out? Visit aapd.com/advocacy/voting/national-disability-voter-registration-week/ https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=9d43252648&e=8fde9b09a7 for ideas and tool kits.
How to Register
Check your registration status at www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistrationSearch/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx. https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=f8f8009804&e=8fde9b09a7
Registration can be in person, by mail or online (online requires a drivers license or state id). Visit revupma.org/wp/register/ https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=59b60ced34&e=8fde9b09a7 for more information on registering.
For more info from REV UP MA, Follow our Facebook page <https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=9ec3eab032&e=8fde9b09a7> and website https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=97a7e1f945&e=8fde9b09a7 !
How do you say REV UP in Sign Language?
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Who is REV UP?
Rev Up, Massachusetts is part of the National Campaign https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=efad80fdcd&e=8fde9b09a7 to make the disability vote count. We are a partnership of many Massachusetts disability organizations, which includes the Disability Law Center https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=c00ceb7092&e=8fde9b09a7 , MetroWest Center for Independent Living https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=2e12842da5&e=8fde9b09a7 , and the MA Developmental Disabilities Council https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=126078f05a&e=8fde9b09a7 . REV UP MA will offer information and resources on registering, voting issues, and access to polling places. We will educate voters on local issues and candidate forums, and on other mechanisms for learning more about their choices.
To join the disability community and promote increased voter participation in MA, Sign Up at REV Up https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=4057ec62a7&e=8fde9b09a7 !
Massachusetts
View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/dba47d62fd18/rev-up-national-organizing-call-june-9th-8895550?e=8fde9b09a7>
<https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=16f79345f0&e=8fde9b09a7>
The City of Boston and the Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL), Bay State Council of the Blind (BSCB), and five Boston voters, represented by the Disability Law Center (DLC), entered into a Settlement Agreement on September 8, 2021 to establish an Accessible Remote Voting System that allows City of Boston voters with disabilities to participate in the absentee voting and vote by mail programs privately and independently.
Per the Agreement, the Accessible Remote Voting System must be available "for the 2021 Boston preliminary and regular municipal elections and for every election through December 31, 2025" as an accommodation for Boston voters who have disabilities, such as blindness, low vision, and mobility/dexterity disabilities, that make it difficult or impossible to effectively access standard print materials ("print disabilities"). Key components of this System provide, in lieu of a standard print paper ballot, an accessible electronic ballot that can be marked and officially cast electronically through a web-based platform or other accessible mechanism compliant with current World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1, Level AA).
The online Accessible Remote Voting System is now live and available as an accommodation for Boston voters with print disabilities. To request access to the System, voters with print disabilities should submit the following two items in writing to the Boston Elections Department (email: election@boston.gov
mailto:election@boston.gov ; phone: 617-635-8683; website: https://www.boston.gov/departments/election https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=07a0fbbe55&e=8fde9b09a7 ):
(NDVRW)
is September 13-20, 2021. Are you ready to get the word out? Visit aapd.com/advocacy/voting/national-disability-voter-registration-week/ https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=9d43252648&e=8fde9b09a7 for ideas and tool kits.
How to Register
Check your registration status at www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistrationSearch/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx. https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=f8f8009804&e=8fde9b09a7
Registration can be in person, by mail or online (online requires a drivers license or state id). Visit revupma.org/wp/register/ https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=59b60ced34&e=8fde9b09a7 for more information on registering.
For more info from REV UP MA, Follow our Facebook page <https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=9ec3eab032&e=8fde9b09a7> and website https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=97a7e1f945&e=8fde9b09a7 !
How do you say REV UP in Sign Language?
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27/images/e89d9407-771d-4db5-8eba-2b52f1c946b6.jpg
Who is REV UP?
Rev Up, Massachusetts is part of the National Campaign https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=efad80fdcd&e=8fde9b09a7 to make the disability vote count. We are a partnership of many Massachusetts disability organizations, which includes the Disability Law Center https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=c00ceb7092&e=8fde9b09a7 , MetroWest Center for Independent Living https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=2e12842da5&e=8fde9b09a7 , and the MA Developmental Disabilities Council https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=126078f05a&e=8fde9b09a7 . REV UP MA will offer information and resources on registering, voting issues, and access to polling places. We will educate voters on local issues and candidate forums, and on other mechanisms for learning more about their choices.
To join the disability community and promote increased voter participation in MA, Sign Up at REV Up https://revupma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7523d4792e55e8714fc504d27&id=4057ec62a7&e=8fde9b09a7 !
