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People With Disabilities Report Fewer Voting Troubles
by Shaun Heasley | February 19, 2021
A new report finds that Americans with disabilities had an easier time casting their ballots in November. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Just 11% of voters with disabilities encountered difficulties during the 2020 election, down from 26% in 2012.
That’s according to a report out this week from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a federal agency established by the Help America Vote Act.
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The report conducted by Lisa Schur and Douglas Kruse of the Rutgers Program for Disability Research is based on information gathered from 1,782 voters with disabilities and 787 voters without following the November election. Schur and Kruse produced a similar report after the 2012 election.