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  • Funding

    Fiscal Year 2020 Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) Appropriations Request and Justification

    March 21, 2019

    The PAVA program must be adequately funded to ensure that Americans with disabilities – who have faced a multitude of barriers when exercising their right to vote – can fully participate in our democratic process.

    Fact Sheet
  • Voting

    Statement in Support of the Voting Rights Advancement Act

    March 1, 2019

    The Voting Rights Advancement Act will ensure that accessible polling places and electoral procedures are available to all Americans.

    Statement
  • ADA & Civil Rights

    NDRN Joins Amicus in Voting Case

    November 13, 2017

    NDRN joined the Sixth Circuit P&A and the National American Civil Liberties Union and its state affiliates in an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs who sought to require the state to provide access to accessible online absentee balloting marking to vote privately and independently.

    Amicus Brief
  • Voting

    Government Study Finds Majority of U.S. Polling Places Not Accessible to People with Disabilities

    November 3, 2017

    WASHINGTON – Recently, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Voters with Disabilities: Observations on Polling Place Accessibility and Related Federal Guidance report, detailing the results of GAO’s national survey of access to polling places for voters with disabilities. During the 2016 General Election, GAO found that an…

    Press Release
  • Health Care

    Four P&As Honored for Outstanding Work

    June 23, 2017

    Four P&As received the NDRN Advocacy Award for outstanding work protecting and advocating for the rights of people with disabilities. The awards were presented to Disability Rights Wisconsin, the Disability Rights Center – New Hampshire, Equip for Equality, and the Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. at the 2017 P&A/CAP…

    Press Release