Important strides have been made in the ways in which American voters with disabilities are served. Nevertheless, misconceptions about these voters persist at the highest levels, including a lack of awareness of the rights specific to these voters, and how these rights are not met. Outdated but common views illustrate lack of awareness of the specific voting rights of Americans with disabilities. Many voters with disabilities must accept risks and challenges that other voters do not. In fact, they may not be able to vote at all, because they are not served by any of the current options. This paper offers a roadmap to addressing this challenge.…

In the midst of a global pandemic complicating a national election, the electoral process had to be modified to accommodate a safe alternative to voting in person. This paper examines the expanded use of by-mail voting to address the crisis, and the restrictive (some would say “suppressive”) challenges it faced under the guise of securing the integrity of the election.…