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
Welcome to the last Accessible Voting Booth for July 2025. It feels good to say that July is ending–it’s been a miserably hot month, and equally as miserable in terms of voting and disability policy news. I hope all my readers are managing to stay safe and cool,
Welcome to The Accessible Voting Booth for July 23rd! I’m back from my brief hiatus to discuss updates out of Wisconsin and Texas. Wisconsin town loses federal appeal over its ban on electronic voting machines (via Wisconsin Watch). Last Monday, a federal appeals court ruled against the town of
Welcome to the Accessible Voting Booth for July 9, 2025! Today, I’m starting off by sharing some upcoming events from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission about voting accessibility, then we’ll discuss updates out of Rhode Island and Virginia. Also, next week I will be taking a short
Welcome to The Accessible Voting Booth for July 2nd, 2025. We’ve made it halfway through 2025, which is no small feat. It’s also the beginning of Disability Pride Month, but it’s hard to feel any joy right now as the Senate passed Trump’s “big beautiful bill,
Welcome to The Accessible Voting Booth for June 25th, 2025. Like many around the country, I'm experiencing a record heat wave, and as I’m writing this introduction on Tuesday afternoon, I’m worried about the many voters in New York City who are headed to the polls
