Personas con discapacidad
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NEW YORK – People living with disabilities have often faced physical obstacles to casting their votes, but their advocates say voting by mail can present a different set of challenges. In every election, people with disabilities have encountered polling places that lack wheelchair ramps or other accommodations. But now,...
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New York, NY – Para las personas que viven con capacidades diferentes, incluso emitir un voto puede representar todo un conjunto nuevo de obstáculos. Comenta Mónica Bartley, organizadora de contacto comunitario en el Centro para la Independencia de las Personas Discapacitadas New York (“Center for Independence of the Disabled...
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New York, NY – Una coalición de grupos pro-derechos de las personas discapacitadas presentaron una demanda federal contra la Mesa Estatal Electoral de New York (New York State Board of Elections) por excluir a las personas con discapacidades del programa ampliado de voto de los ausentes. Comenta Susan Dooha...
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NEW YORK — A federal lawsuit claims many people with disabilities are being excluded from New York state’s expanded absentee ballot program. To help keep voters safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, New York is allowing anyone to apply for an absentee ballot that can be mailed in rather than going to...