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Online 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 ):
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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 ):
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