In 1999, Texas became the first state to require all new voting systems to be accessible to people with disabilities and to provide “practical and effective means” so voters can cast a private ballot. Today, under the federal Help America Vote Act enacted in 2002, every polling place must offer at least one voting machine accessible to people with disabilities.
Beth Cortez-Neavel: http://dallasne.ws/SuSQQO
Cortez-Neavel writes for Reporting Texas at the University of Texas at Austin. http://reportingtexas.com
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