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One in five people eligible to vote has a disability. Making sure these citizens can register to vote online removes the need for a time-consuming trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles, and is also required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
There is growing consensus on the many advantages of online voter registration. For eligible voters, an online voter registration system is quick, convenient, and accurate.
Published by the ACLU and the Center for Accessible Technology, this report focuses on one urgent issue: the accessibility of online voter registration websites for voters with disabilities.
This report by the Social Science Research Council commissioned by the ACLU found that making online voter registration accessible for Americans with disabilities can save millions of taxpayer dollars.
ACLU of Ohio created this video to share the stories of people with disabilities who need an accessible online voter registration system. However, Ohio’s proposed online voter registration only accepts driver’s license and state ID for identification, which many people with disabilities do not have.
