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RandySF

(83,194 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 04:53 PM 21 hrs ago

Voting is still not accessible for the disability community. The GOP's SAVE America Act would magnify suppression

Marc Safman, 56, has been a political junkie since his parents took him to former President Jimmy Carter’s inauguration in 1977.

He voted in every election for 38 years, until last year.

Safman, who is deafblind, said he was unable to cast his ballot in the 2025 New York City mayoral election because of issues with his polling site’s ballot-marking machine and a “lack of basic awareness” from poll workers.

Despite incremental improvements over the past several decades to make voting more accessible, people like Safman with disabilities, who comprise one fourth of the nation’s population, continue to face outsized barriers when casting their ballots.




https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/voting-disability-community-access-gop-save-america-act-suppression/

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