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Oklahoma Provisions for Voters with Disabilities

If you have a disability you may ask for assistance from poll workers at your polling place. If you cannot enter the polling place because of physical disabilities, need help marking your ballot because of physical disabilities, have visual disabilities, or cannot read, you may be assisted by a person of your own choosing. In all these cases, the person who provides assistance to you must swear or affirm that your ballots will be marked in accordance with your wishes.

Ohio Provisions for Voters with Disabilities

Ohio polling places should provide touch screen voting machines and have audio adaptations for assisting the blind. There are also adaptations for voters with lack of muscle control.

If you have a disability you may also have assistance by two election officials (of different political parties) or by the person of your choice (except employer or union agent). Poll workers are urged to accommodate voters with disabilities in any way they can.

If the polling place is not accessible for you, you may vote a ballot from your vehicle at all polling places.

North Dakota Provisions for Voters with Disabilities

If you are a voter with disabilities, you may be accompanied by and receive assistance from another person of your choice in the voting booth unless the person is an employer, officer, or agent of your union, a candidate running in that election, or a relative of a candidate. Any voter may ask for assistance from both judges at a polling location or opt to use the ExpressVote.

The polling place building should have several routes through it, and sufficient signs should be in place to direct you to the most accessible route to the polling location.

Nebraska Provisions for Voters with Disabilities

If you cannot read, are blind or have a physical disability, you may request assistance in marking your ballot. You may have a friend or relative assist you, or you may request the assistance of two election board workers, each from a different party.

If you do not understand the language spoken at the polling place or in which the ballot is written, you may use an interpreter at the polling place.

If you are physically unable to enter the polling place, you main remain in your vehicle and vote outside.

Mississippi Provisions for Voters with Disabilities

If you are permanently disabled, you can register to be on the voter disabled list and will automatically be sent a ballot. To register as a disabled citizen, you must get a signed statement from your physician stating you are permanently disabled. The new voting machines provide accessible voting for many disabled. If necessary, you can choose a person to assist you with your voting.

For more information, you can utilize the American Association of People With Disabilities (AAPD) resource.

Massachusetts Provisions for Voters with Disabilities

All polling locations and early voting sites in Massachusetts are required to be accessible. Voting locations must provide access on a permanent or temporary basis on Election Day and throughout early voting. Voting assistance and absentee voting offer options that persons with disabilities may use to vote, but they are not considered substitutes for actual accessibility to the voting location. Accessible voting provides the same opportunity for access and participation to persons with disabilities as for other voters. 

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