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The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: May 6, 2026

Disability Voting News: May 6, 2026

Welcome to the Accessible Voting Booth! Read on for this week’s disability voting rights news. This is going to be a bit of a short one this week, as I have been swamped with work.  SCOTUS Guts the Voting Rights Act Obviously, the biggest news of the past two

By Sarah Blahovec 06 May 2026
Disability Voting News: April 22, 2026

Disability Voting News: April 22, 2026

Welcome to The Accessible Voting Booth for April 22! We have a lot to cover this week, so let’s get started: New Detroit Disability Power Report Finds that Only 10% of Polling Places in Metro Detroit are Accessible (via Detroit Disability Power).  Earlier this month, Detroit Disability Power released

By Sarah Blahovec 22 Apr 2026
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: April 8, 2026

Disability Voting News: April 8, 2026

Welcome to The Accessible Voting Booth for April 8, 2026! We have a lot to cover today, so let's get into it. Federal court dismisses lawsuit challenging Alabama’s absentee voting system as discriminatory against voters with print disabilities (via Democracy Docket). On March 20, the United States

By Sarah Blahovec 08 Apr 2026
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: March 25, 2026

No Accessible Voting Booth This Week! Read This Instead

Welcome back to The Accessible Voting Booth! Unfortunately, I've come down with a nasty stomach bug, so I didn't have the time to work on the newsletter this week. However, I wanted to share this great article in TIME Magazine by disability justice advocate Naomi Hess:

By Sarah Blahovec 25 Mar 2026
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: March 11, 2026

Disability Voting News: March 11, 2026

Welcome to the first Accessible Voting Booth of March! I’m keeping this one short this week because life has been pretty busy. We’ll start with the latest update on the SAVE Act, share a recent piece on the accessibility of Town Meeting Days in New England, and hear

By Sarah Blahovec 11 Mar 2026
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: February 25, 2026

Disability Voting News: February 25, 2026

Welcome to the February 25th edition of The Accessible Voting Booth. This week, we’re going to talk about the SAVE America Act’s passage in the House and its future in the Senate. Then, we’re turning to disability voting rights updates from around the world.  House Passes the

By Sarah Blahovec 25 Feb 2026
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: February 11, 2026

Disability Voting News: February 11, 2026

It's February! We survived the longest January of all time. I have a lot of updates today: the Trump Administration and its allies are ramping up their attacks on elections ahead of November, so we're going to dive into exactly what that looks like. Plus, we&

By Sarah Blahovec 11 Feb 2026
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: January 28, 2026

Disability Voting News: January 28, 2026

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

By Sarah Blahovec 28 Jan 2026
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: January 14, 2026

Disability Voting News: January 14, 2026

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

By Sarah Blahovec 14 Jan 2026
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: December 10, 2025

Disability Voting News: December 10, 2025

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

By Sarah Blahovec 10 Dec 2025
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: November 26, 2025

Disability Voting News: November 26, 2025

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

By Sarah Blahovec 26 Nov 2025
The Accessible Voting Booth: Disability Voting News: November 12, 2025

Disability Voting News: November 12, 2025

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

By Sarah Blahovec 12 Nov 2025
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