Despite New York's new accessible absentee ballot — intended to increase participation among the blind — advocates say the ballots, which must be printed and mailed in, have some issues that prevent complete voter privacy and ease. 'We don’t read print.'
for some types of voters, including people who are blind or have limited vision. In New York, voters apply for the new ballots via email, which are then delivered to them. The ballots work with the user’s screen reading technology. The software scans the ballot, and a computerized voice reads the choices aloud. For low-vision voters, the ballots offer large text.
Like Laine, Schading also had to rely on others to help her vote and would take family members to the polls. She recounted a time 30 years ago when she had to solicit help from her 8-year-old daughter, who had a different perspective on the candidates. Maria Samuels, director of Westchester Disabled on the Move, a nonprofit center for people with disabilities in Westchester and surrounding counties, says it’s important for blind and disabled voters to cast ballots in person so poll workers and others can understand the lengths blind people go to in order to vote.
After the settlement was issued, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Jelena Kolic, said the state BOE attempted to back out of making the ballots by telling the courts it did not have enough time to prepare them. The courts again sided with the voters after Kolic filed a grievance.“Their hand was forced,” he said.“We didn’t think it was justified for another election cycle to go by without another accessible absentee option for our constituents,” said Kolic.
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