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How People with Disabilities Navigate Voting Hurdles | News Channel 3-12

Denise Jess, who leads the Wisconsin organization supporting people with visual impairments, voted early in person on April 29, 2024, in Madison and faced challenges including an absentee ballot envelope that required her to fill in personal information, prompting poll workers to offer assistance.
This voting experience reflects ongoing challenges because voting systems were not designed with accessibility in mind, and attempts to expand electronic voting face cybersecurity concerns and legal disputes in Wisconsin.
Jess and other voters with disabilities navigate imperfect options including in-person voting with assistance, absentee ballots requiring help, and limited electronic voting that many states restrict by requiring printed returns.
A 2024 federal report determined that distributing digital ballot copies to voters is secure, and completing ballots electronically carries moderate safety, but electronically submitting ballots introduces considerable security risks and vulnerability to hacking.
As a result, Jess chooses the "path of least pain" between flawed voting methods, highlighting that although disability advocates push for electronic voting, unresolved security issues and inadequate poll worker training keep accessibility limited.

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How people with disabilities navigate voting hurdles | News Channel 3-12

Spencer Platt // Getty Images How people with disabilities navigate voting hurdles Denise Jess walked into a Madison, Wisconsin, polling place on Saturday, April 29, to vote early in person, and encountered a familiar barrier: an absentee ballot envelope with a blank space for writing in her name, birthdate, and address. Jess, who is blind, chuckled along with her wife, who accompanied her to the polls. Who was going to do all that writing? A po…

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