What Exactly is Handicap Accessible?
According to the City, a polling place that is not handicap accessible is allowable because there are alternative means to which one cast a ballot such as the absentee ballot. Nevertheless, disabled people are still being discriminated against because they have only one option in how they may cast a ballot. They are being stigmatized and not able to participate in the ppolitical process the same way all of the neighbors can. However, they still have an option available to them.
What about disabled people that are interested in being pollwatchers or running for judge of elections. They are denied the ability to this if their polling place is not accessible. One may run for Judge of Elections and win but not be able to serve if they can not get into the polling place. This saddens me. All citizens should not be denied the basic tenets on which our country was founded. We need to change the polling places in this City so that all are fully, handicap accessible and those wishing to make a contribution to society not be denied because they are in a wheelchair or have other disabilities.
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