Disability Rights Wisconsin: Our voices, our votes: Disabled voters speak out on voting rights
Today the Wisconsin Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission. The Court will decide whether Wisconsin law will protect voters’ ability to return their absentee ballots and will impact the voting rights of thousands of Wisconsinites with disabilities. To elevate the voices of voters with disabilities impacted by these new restrictions on voting rights, Disability Rights Wisconsin is releasing “Our Voices, Our Votes ” . This document shares the concerns and personal stories of people with disabilities and their family members regarding how these new restrictions on voting rights have the potential to disenfranchise them and others like them. Many voters with disabilities and older adults must rely on a friend, family member or care provider to physically place their ballot in the mailbox, or return it to their clerk or to a secure drop box. The prohibition on absentee ballot return assistance will make it difficult if not impossib