Welcome back to the Accessible Voting Booth! January has been a long and excruciating month, and I don't have much to say beyond that (oh, and abolish ICE). Let's get into some voting news. Federal court strikes down Virginia's felony disenfranchisement policy, and Virginia
Welcome back to The Accessible Voting Booth! I would say “happy 2026,” but I can’t call 2026 happy so far, politically speaking. Let’s dive into what’s been happening with voting since December. Postmark changes threaten mail-in ballot acceptance. The biggest piece of voting news from the past
Welcome to the last Accessible Voting Booth of 2025! I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving holiday and that your December is off to a good start. This week, we’re talking about a lawsuit brought by disabled voters and the NAACP in South Carolina regarding the state’s restrictions
Welcome back to the Accessible Voting Booth! This week we are talking about more attempts to restrict mail-in voting (boo), but we’ll end on a happier note by discussing the accessibility of Anchorage’s voting options (yay). Note: I will only do one issue of the Accessible Voting Booth
Welcome to the post-election edition of The Accessible Voting Booth! From Virginia to California, we saw a blue wave of results at the polls last week. As a Virginian I am personally relieved that we will have a legislature and state leaders who will protect voting rights, trans people, reproductive
Welcome to the Accessible Voting Booth for October 22, 2025. This week, we’re going to focus on one of the largest threats to fair representation in decades: the challenge to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Forgive me, as I’ll be on my soapbox today. Note: the
Welcome to the first Accessible Voting Booth of October 2025. Today, we’re discussing polling place accessibility grants in Michigan, voting accessibility in Maricopa County in Arizona, and updates out of Alabama on restrictions around voter assistance. Just a quick note: the next issue of the Accessible Voting Booth will
Welcome to The Accessible Voting Booth for September 17, 2025. In this week's issue, we're going to talk about voting rights restoration in Virginia, Maine's restrictive Question 1 on the ballot in November, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding provisions in Texas&
Welcome to the first Accessible Voting Booth of September! Unfortunately, this week I didn’t have time to do a write-up and analysis of disability voting rights news, but I have a good reason. Meet Oscar, Oliver’s new brother and best friend. Oscar is a five-month-old rescue pup from
Welcome to the Accessible Voting Booth for August 20th. Today, we're discussing Trump's threat to attempt to ban mail-in voting and voting machines via Executive Order, and recent comments around election officials' obligation to provide accessible polling places in Detroit. Trump vows to target mail-in
Dear readers, The Accessible Voting Booth will be taking another break this week! I have decided to shift to a biweekly schedule for The Accessible Voting Booth for the time being. Life and work have become very busy, and it has been challenging to keep up with the pace of
Welcome to the first Accessible Voting Booth of August 2025! Today, we have a number of updates out of New Hampshire, the reintroduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA), and an op-ed on a concerning citizens initiative on the ballot this year in Maine. New Hampshire makes