Updates in Implementation of North Carolina’s Absentee Voting Portal for Blind Voters – Disability Rights Advocates

Updates in Implementation of North Carolina’s Absentee Voting Portal for Blind Voters

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October 9, 2020Raleigh, NC – Last month, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina granted a motion for preliminary injunction against the North Carolina State Board of Elections (“NCSBOE”), ordering them to make their Absentee Voting Program accessible to voters with disabilities by the November election. The accessible voting platform—which is compatible with screen readers—is now expected to go live on October 19, 2020.

If a voter has already requested a paper absentee ballot, they may still opt into the accessible electronic platform, as long as the voter has not already returned a marked paper ballot. Updated information about this process can be found via Disability Rights North Carolina’s website or the NCSBOE website (coming soon). For those interested in being notified when the system is live, please email intake@disabilityrightsnc.org.

The threat of COVID-19 brought the existing discrimination against voters with disabilities caused by the inaccessibility of the print-based Absentee Voting Program to the [...]

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