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  • ‘We depend on each other': A community driven to vote

    November 03, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Decatur, Georgia

    Disability rights activist Zan Thornton organizes a network of volunteer drivers in Georgia to help voters with disabilities get accessible rides to the polls. In 2021, they organized free transportation for more than 150 people and have helped more than 50 so far for the 2022 midterms.

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  • Navajo voters in one Arizona County see their ballots rejected more frequently. Here's what would fix that.

    November 03, 2022 |

    Votebeat Arizona |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

    Some Arizona counties that include parts of the Navajo Nation have set up voting centers, central locations where residents can come to vote in-person regardless of what precinct they are assigned to. The centers have helped reduce the number of provisional ballots cast on the reservation, which faces significant voting barriers due to distance, transportation access, and spotty mail and internet service, and other counties with reservation land are now pushing to establish their own voting centers.

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  • 'We don't read print': Blind voters say new accessible ballot measures fall short

    November 02, 2022 |

    Gothamist |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In 2022, New York rolled out a new accessible voting option for blind residents, allowing them to fill out their ballots electronically using screen reader technology. Roughly 1,000 people requested the accessible ballots for the 2022 general election, but blind voters say there are still issues that need to be worked out, such as the requirement to print and mail in the ballots.

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  • Doug Mastriano's proposed voter roll purge addresses a non-existent problem and targets vulnerable voters, experts say

    November 02, 2022 |

    WITF |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania uses ERIC, or the Electronic Registration Information Center, to cross-check its voter rolls against Department of Motor Vehicle data from other states to identify voters who have moved and become "inactive." In 2020, state and county leaders reported they removed more than 180,000 out-of-state residents and 80,000 deceased voters.

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  • Blind and low-vision voters hail Massachusetts' new statewide online voting option

    October 28, 2022 |

    GBH |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    In 2021, Massachusetts debuted a new election service that allows voters with disabilities to cast their ballots electronically through a secure web portal. Originally piloted in five municipalities, the system was used by six people last year and is now available statewide.

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  • How parts of northwestern Ontario bucked the provincial trend of a lower municipal voter turnout

    October 28, 2022 |

    CBC |

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    Response Location: Canada, Atikokan, Ontario

    Though voter turnout for municipal elections dropped about 4 percent across Ontario in 2022, a handful of communities in the northwestern part of the province bucked that trend by switching to online voting or telephone voting and a focus on outreach with younger residents. In the town of Atikokan, about 56 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, compared to 34 percent throughout the province as a whole.

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  • Students with disabilities innovate ways to use spaces, products not designed for them

    October 26, 2022 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    Students in the UC Berkeley Disability Lab gather to work on projects and inventions aimed at improving accessibility for those living with a disability. The lab also provides students living with disabilities with a sense of community among each other.

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  • For Disabled Workers, a Tight Labor Market Opens New Doors

    October 25, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Several companies’ newfound openness to remote work is leading to opportunities for people whose disabilities make in-person work difficult or impossible to find stable employment. The share of adults with disabilities who are working has soared in the past two years, far surpassing its pre-pandemic level and outpacing gains among people without disabilities.

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  • Vancouver Pays Tribute to Chinese Canadian History Amid Spike in Anti-Asian Racism

    October 25, 2022 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Canadian Museum and the Chinatown Storytelling Centre both opened in Vancouver with the goal of documenting and honoring the role of Chinese immigrants in Canadian history. Roughly 13,000 people have visited each museum since their openings, and members of the Chinese Canadian community say the exhibits preserve important stories while acknowledging the harm Chinese Candians have faced.

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  • A Sightsavers Initiative is helping PWDs to Surmount Unemployment Challenges in Nigeria

    October 24, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Okenne

    Sightsavers is an international organization that focuses on the prevention of avoidable blindness and the promotion of equality for people with visual impairments and other disabilities in the workforce through its Inclusion Works project. Since its inception in 2020, Sightsavers has helped more than 200 individuals with visual impairments transition into new employment.

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