How Voter Suppression Works Today And What We Can Do About It
New approaches to voter suppression are disenfranchising millions of voters of color, young people, and poor people. How is it that in the 21st century America is still struggling to make good on its Constitutional promises? And what can we do about it before the 2024 election.
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Why is the right to vote in America still a fight? From voter suppression to disenfranchisement, see the roadblocks that stop voices from being heard.
Don’t Dis the Vote
The purpose of this nonpartisan, community empowerment exercise is galvanize people with disabilities and our allies to increase political participation and voter turnout through Registration, Education and Voting.
Disability Vote Summit 2022
The Disability Vote Summit took place virtually on June 29-30, 2022, and focused on getting out the disability vote in 2022. Summit speakers will come from the disability, voting, and civil rights communities across the country.
Vice President Harris Meets with Disabilities Advocates to Discuss Voting Rights
Every American has a right to have their voice heard at the ballot box, and no American should be kept from voting early, voting by mail, or voting at all. Our democracy is strongest when everyone participates, and it is weaker when people are left out.
The History of U.S. Voting Rights
Who can vote today looked a lot different from those who could vote when the United States was first founded. This video covers the history of voting rights, including women's suffrage, Black disenfranchisement, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the various methods American voters can cast their ballots today.
The Electoral College, explained
What matters instead is an arcane system for selecting America’s head of state called the Electoral College. he Electoral College is the reason the US has something called “swing states,” and it’s the reason those places get to decide the future of the country.
How Restrictive Voting Measures Impact Americans with Disabilities
61 million American adults live with disabilities — these activists explain why restrictive voting measures make it more dangerous for those citizens to vote.
How New Wisconsin Election Rules Impact Voters With Disabilities
Residents across Wisconsin are casting ballots in several local races today, but new rules for this election are impacting how the disabled community can vote. NBC News’ explains why the new rules are being implemented and how disabled rights advocates are reacting.
Political participation & disability, ft Alice Wong
Alice Wong is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, a Ford grantee working to create and amplify disability culture and media. As a co-partner of #CripTheVote, a nonpartisan online movement encouraging the political participation of disabled people, she talks about the barriers people with disabilities face in the voting process.
’It’s My Right To Vote’: Wisconsin Ruling Makes Voting More Difficult For Disabled Voters
Shaq Brewster reports from Milwaukee, where disabled voters are facing challenges to voting after a state judge ruled voters can’t use unmonitored ballot drop boxes or deliver votes for family.
Voting With A Disability
What is it like to vote with a disability? Understanding voting and how to know who to vote for is an important part of living in the community. People with disabilities deserve to understand how to vote. That’s where our new plain language voting toolkit comes in.
Why is Voting Inaccessible to People with Disabilities? | At the Polls
One in four American adults live with a disability, and about 45% of Americans live with a chronic illness. During a global pandemic, that means that a huge portion of the electorate have health conditions that impact their ability to vote safely.
Disability Vote Summit 2021
The summit was an opportunity for policymakers, journalists, and academics to better understand the disability community and its potential impact on elections. The presentations and panelists highlighted the challenges people with disabilities face when casting the ballot that can vary by disability status, socioeconomic factors, and the accessibility of polling places.
Why Americans with disabilities struggle to vote
Up to 3 million more people would vote on election day if Americans with disabilities had better access to the polls.
Hosted by Disability Rights Florida, Your Voice, Your Vote is a six-episode podcast series focused on the disability community’s involvement in the election process. Each episode’s topic is a specific portion of this process, from the legal matters surrounding voting accessibility to the community achievements made by those in Florida with a disability. This series is still ongoing, and we will add new episodes as they come out on YouTube.