ALABAMA, USA — Election officials and poll workers are working hard to make sure voting is easy and accessible for everyone.
People with disabilities have several options to make voting a breeze in the general election.
There are handicap-accessible voting machines at every polling place in Alabama.
This election, new ExpressVote machines are being installed at all Madison County voting precincts to make voting even more accessible on November 3rd.
Madison County Probate Judge Frank Barger said, "This piece of technology is so advanced that someone that is disabled to the extent that they might be wheelchair bound, maybe that have to use a sip and puff device. They can actually connect that sip and puff device to this piece of equipment and mark that ballot without the assistance of anyone else."
Voters who are disabled or over the age of 70 can move to the front of the line at their polling place. Voters must first let a poll worker know.
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People can also ask for assistance from anyone at the polls.
"Our election workers are allowed to assist a voter if they are asked to assist," said Barger. "We provide training to our election workers to do that properly and to ensure that whether it's reading something or they're making a selection for a voter, that they are informing the voter and that they give the voter an opportunity to check that everything is in fact correct."
You can chose to avoid going to the polls all together on election day. Voting absentee is a great option especially during the pandemic.
"They can request a ballot by mail through October the 29th. They can also come to the courthouse, and the same things apply. If someone has obtained the age of 70 or they have any type of disability, they can move to the front of the line that exists at the courthouse," said Barger.
For how to request an absentee ballot, click here.
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