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Report: Access to early voting places falls short for people living with disabilities

Early voting is still relatively new in New York. While some applaud the reform, others are disappointed in how polling sites have treated people with disabilities.

Two organizations, the Brennan Center and Disability Rights New York, surveyed over half of the state’s early voting sites during the 2022 election cycle and found that 94% of polling sites of the sites surveyed were not fully accessible.

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