Accessible Voting Technology Initiative

The Accessible Voting Technology Initiative is working to:

• Understand the barriers and facilitators to voting for people with disabilities

• Identify gaps where current technology fails to fill user needs and where new solutions can have the most impact

• 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:

• Sensory disability (blindness, low vision, hearing loss, and deafness)

• Cognitive and intellectual disability

• Motor mobility and dexterity disability

• Communication and language-related disability

• Disabilities common among older adults.

The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation is leading this project. Its partners in this initiative include:

• Georgia Tech – Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access

• Georgia Tech Research Institute

• National Federation of the Blind

• OpenIDEO

• University of Colorado Denver – Assistive Technology Partners

• University of Utah

• 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.