The Accessible Voting Technology Initiative is working to:
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Understand the barriers and facilitators to voting for people with disabilities
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Identify gaps where current technology fails to fill user needs and where new solutions can have the most impact
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Work to integrate these changes into the current election environment.
This project will address the needs of voters with different types of disabilities, including individuals with:
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Sensory disability (blindness, low vision, hearing loss, and deafness)
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Cognitive and intellectual disability
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Motor mobility and dexterity disability
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Communication and language-related disability
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Disabilities common among older adults.
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation is leading this project. Its partners in this initiative include:
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Georgia Tech – Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access
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University of Colorado Denver – Assistive Technology Partners
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University of Washington – Center for Technology and Disability Studies
This project is funded with a 3-year grant from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
URL: | http://elections.itif.org/ |
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Related Keywords
- HAVA: Help America Vote Act
- Polling Place
- Voting
- Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984
- Voting Area
- Voting Rights Act
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