My friend and fellow disability advocate Angela Wrigglesworth Titcombe shared her voting story today. She said:
"I voted today, but I don't have a cute look-at-my-sticker, proud-to-be-an-American social post. I have this pic instead. This is the new voting machine in Texas.” 1/7
"I voted today, but I don't have a cute look-at-my-sticker, proud-to-be-an-American social post. I have this pic instead. This is the new voting machine in Texas.” 1/7
“It's a touch screen that requires a person to reach out & hold their arm steady for the 100 screens, yes, 100, necessary to vote. It must be touched in numerous places, then the voter must feed 2 sheets of paper into the machine to print their selections.”
(TX has LONG ballots.)
(TX has LONG ballots.)
Angela continues, “The former machine could be accessed within an inch of one's body & had multiple selections per page to limit scrolling. And then you hit SUBMIT.” #CripTheVote #Disability #Vote #2022Midterms 3/7
“So I voted today. But instead of doing it privately, I had to tell a very talkative election clerk all 100, yes 100, selections that I wanted to make on each screen. He told me I voted the same way he would've voted. And then he gave me my sticker,” Angela said. 4/7 #CripTheVote
Angela's story frustrates me so deeply and is an excellent example of how new technology is often less accessible. In some ways, I am also relieved to hear Angela's story. #CripTheVote #Disability #2022Midterms 5/7
Instead of saying "You voted the way I would have," the election worker could have fought Angela's choices or openly judged her choices. Or worse patently refused to enter her choices. #CripTheVote #Vote #Disability 6/7
Inaccessible voting technology that prevents people with disabilities from voting independently and anonymously creates an environment ripe for voter intimidation. We have to do better.
#CripTheVote 7/7
#CripTheVote 7/7
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