Voter Accessibility, Suppression & Disenfranchisement<\/b><\/p>\n
and People with Disabilities<\/b><\/p>\n
April 9, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n
5 pm EST\/ 2 pm PST<\/b><\/p>\n
Guest hosts: s.e. smith, Carrie Ann Lucas and\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
the Autistic Self Advocacy Network<\/strong><\/p>\n Hosted by Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, #CripTheVote will host a chat this April with guest hosts,<\/span> s.e. smith, journalist and activist<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Carrie Ann Lucas, disability rights lawyer and activist<\/a>, and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The chat will cover the following topics:<\/span><\/p>\n -Access to voter registration and voting<\/span><\/p>\n -Experiences with staff at polling stations<\/span><\/p>\n -Voter ID laws (<\/span>33 states have some sort of Voter ID law<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n -Access issues regarding mail-in ballots, long lines at polling places, inability to vote independently and privately<\/span><\/p>\n -Voting rights of people living in institutions<\/span><\/p>\n -Voting rights of people with intellectual \/ developmental disabilities and mental illness<\/span><\/p>\n -Role of conservatorship and voting rights<\/span><\/p>\n -Linguistic and other information needs of voters with disabilities<\/span><\/p>\n Q1 Describe your experiences with registering to vote & accessing\/understanding voter info. Easy? Problems? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q2 Describe your experiences with voting. Easy? Problems? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q3 What were your experiences like interacting w\/ polling staff? Did you have to ask for help or info? Were they responsive? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q4 What do you think of disabled people voting by absentee ballot for convenience & accessibility reasons? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q5 Do you feel it is important to cast your vote in your local polling place & being part of your neighborhood? Why? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q6 Have you ever asked a local political party or community org for help getting to the polls? Have they ever offered? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q7 Have #VoterID laws impacted you as a voter w\/ a disability? How will these laws impact the disability community? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q8 Describe your experiences w\/ political participation such as going to a caucus, rally or convention. #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q9 What are the unique voting barriers that affect people w\/ disabilities under conservatorship\/guardianship? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q10 What are the unique voting barriers that affect people w\/ disabilities living in institutions\/facilities? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q11 Are there unique voting issues that impact specific groups (ex: people w\/ mental illness, I\/DD, blind ppl, Deaf ppl)? #CripTheVote<\/p>\n Q12 Do you think voters w\/ disabilities are suppressed & disenfranchised as a minority group? Why or why not? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q13 How does voter suppression & disenfranchisement impact disabled people of color?\u00a0Other diverse people with disabilities?\u00a0#CripTheVote<\/p>\n Q14 What changes would you like to see that can improve access to voting & political participation for PWDs? Think big! #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Belt, Rabia. (April 5, 2016). Caucusing With a Disability. Legal Aggregate, Stanford Law School.\u00a0https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2016\/04\/05\/caucusing-with-a-disability\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n s.e. smith. Voting is already hard for people with disabilities. Voter ID laws make it even harder. Vox (April 1, 2016).\u00a0http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/4\/1\/11346714\/voter-id-laws-disabilities<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n s.e. smith. Trying to Vote While Disabled Sucks. Vice (November 4, 2014).\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/trying-to-vote-while-disabled-sucks-127<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) Voting Project,\u00a0<\/span>National Technical Assistance Center for Voting and Cognitive Access\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.sabeusa.org\/govoter\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The ARC I\/DD Awareness Toolkit on Voting \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.thearc.org\/what-we-do\/resources\/toolkits\/dd-awareness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law on Voting\u00a0http:\/\/www.bazelon.org\/Where-We-Stand\/Self-Determination\/Voting.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n When the chat begins, check out the live-stream: <\/span>http:\/\/twubs.com\/CripTheVote<\/span><\/a> or search <\/span>#CripTheVote <\/span><\/a>on Twitter for the series live tweets.<\/span><\/p>\n Follow<\/span> @AndrewPulrang<\/span><\/a> @DisVisibility<\/span><\/a> @GreggBeratan<\/span><\/a> on Twitter and our guest hosts: <\/span>@disabilitycubed<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>@realsesmith<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@autselfadvocacy<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Use the hashtags<\/span> #CripTheVote<\/span><\/a> when you tweet<\/span><\/p>\n Check out this explanation of how to participate in a chat by Ruti Regan: <\/span>https:\/\/storify.com\/RutiRegan\/examplechat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/disabilitythinking.com\/election-2016-cripthevote<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CripTheVote\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/disabilitythinking.com\/disabilitythinking\/2016\/3\/28\/cripthevote-notes-on-crip<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s not too late! Please participate and tell us what issues and ideas you care about most. <\/span>Deadline: April 30, 2016.<\/b><\/p>\n Click here to complete the online survey<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> If you are unable to complete the online version of the survey, you can <\/span>follow this link to a text-only version<\/span><\/a>, or request a Word document by email from <\/span>apulrang@icloud.com<\/span><\/a>. Using this method, results won\u2019t be anonymous, but we won\u2019t be reporting or discussing individual responses, only aggregate results.<\/span><\/p>\nQuestions for the April 9, 2016 #CripTheVote Twitter Chat<\/b><\/h3>\n
Additional articles and resources<\/b><\/h3>\n
How to Participate<\/b><\/h3>\n
Additional information on voting and people with disabilities:<\/b><\/h3>\n
#CripTheVote Facebook Page:<\/b><\/h3>\n
A note on language and why we use the term \u2018crip\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n
#CripTheVote Disability Issues Survey<\/b><\/h3>\n
About<\/b><\/h3>\n