Oregon has begun implementing the use of iPads to assist
voters with disabilities. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/us/oregon-tries-out-voting-by-ipad-for-disabled.html?_r=1
Election workers bring the iPads to the voters’ homes or nursing homes, along
with a portable printer. Because there
is the ability to enlarge the view for persons with visual impairments and
because there is no need to be able to grasp a pen for marking the ballot, this
use of technology has the potential to solve a number of problems for voters
with disabilities. Once the ballot is
completed, it can be printed out and approved by the voter before mailing or
being brought to election stations.
Screen readers can read back the ballot before printing for those who
cannot see it to review it.
As more counties and states try this out, it is likely
they will look at it as a way for other voters to cast their ballots as
well. Once again, an accommodation will
become an innovation.
Annette Bourbonniere
401-846-1960
Fax: 401-846-1944
Twitter:
@AccessInclude
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