Voting

Accessibility Survey

We want to hear from you! ADAP can’t be everywhere at once, so we need the disability community’s help. Each election, we ask voters to take our voting accessibility survey.

By filling out our polling site survey, you are helping to make sure that persons with disabilities can access that most basic of American rights — the right to vote.

Fill out this form while following the route a voter with a disability would take on Election Day into your polling location. The questions cover parking, getting into the polling site, getting around the voting area, and the use of accessible voting machines.

Polling Site Accessibility Survey

Voting Rights

Under the Help American Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), ADAP receives funding to “ensure full participation in the electoral process for individuals with disabilities.”

What does this HAVA-funded work look like at ADAP?

We participate in voter registration activities.
We provide voter education to people with disabilities.
We monitor polling sites to ensure they are accessible.
We work with election officials around the state to improve access to voting and the electoral experience for Alabamians with disabilities.
We partner with non-partisan stakeholders to advance voting rights for people with disabilities.
We help voters file complaints regarding HAVA violations.

For more information about ADAP’s voting rights work or if you’d like to request a voting rights training, contact Nicky Watkins, our Voting Rights Advocate at 205.539.2034 or email them at nwatkins@adap.ua.edu.

Resources

Want to know everything about voting with a disability in Alabama? Check out this ADAP presentation on Voting Rights

Election workers and county officials are encouraged to look at this resource, too. Familiarize yourself with voting law in Alabama, the rights of people with disabilities and the polls, and the ExpressVote accessible voting machine!

If you need help accessing this presentation, contact our Voting Rights Advocate!

Videos on Voting

Check out Alabama’s own, the amazing Jenny Lux – a Partners in Policymaking graduate – in the videos below! She and other disabled voters around the country speak up about voting with a disability and knowing your rights.

Your Vote Matters

Video Description: Voters with disabilities from different states across the U.S. speak from their homes, talking about why people with disabilities should vote.

Get Ready To Vote

Video Description: Voters with disabilities from different states across the U.S. speak from their homes, explaining how to get ready to vote.

Your Rights At The Polls

Video Description: Voters with disabilities from different states across the U.S. speak from their homes, explaining their rights at the polls.

Different Ways To Vote

Video Description: Voters with disabilities from different states across the U.S. speak from their homes, explaining absentee voting and vote by mail.

GET READY TO VOTE!!!

Alabama’s Online Election Center, administered by the Alabama Secretary of State, has resources to help you get ready to vote!

Filing a Voting Rights Complaint Under HAVA

Title III of the HAVA requires states to maintain a process by which voters can file state administrative complaints concerning the voting process, including issues concerning accessibility for voters with disabilities.

If you believe your voting rights may have been violated, contact ADAP. We can review the matter with you and can help you file a complaint.

Here are some disability-related situations that likely would warrant filing a HAVA complaint:
– You were not able to access your poll site or voting machine.
– The accessible voting machine was not set up or was not working.
– You were denied entrance to your polling site because of your service animal.
– You were denied assistance from poll workers.
– You were told the person you brought with you to help you vote cannot assist you or enter the poll site.

Note: This list does not include all possible HAVA violations.