Voters With Disabilities: Challenges to Voting Accessibility
A statement presented to the United States General Accountability Office (GAO) that comments on polling place accessibility and voting in long-term care facilities. Continue reading
Civic Design Bibliography | standards-laws
ADA checklist for Polling Places
A checklist for evaluating the physical accessibility of polling places for individuals with mobility and visual impairments from the Department of Justice. Continue reading
Voters with Disabilities: Access to Polling Places and Alternative Voting Methods
A report from the GAO on options for accessible voting. Information from this report was used to draft the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Continue reading
Development of a user-based conformance test for the usability of voting equipment
A report, funded by NIST, on work to develop requirements in the EAC Voluntary Voting System Standards (VVSG) Continue reading
Ensuring the enfranchisement of people with disabilities
Even with new voting technologies, how a person with disabilities vote is just as important as the physical barriers they face. Continue reading
Reaching usability goals through user participation
Including users in assistive technology development can be a way of developing more useful assistive tools Continue reading
Managing requirements for e-voting systems
A technical review of the process of following laws and standards for the development and management of electronic voting systems. Continue reading
Training manual on disability statistics
A United Nations/WHO manual to enhance understanding of the ICF-based approach to disability measurement. Continue reading
International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) provides a standard language for the description and classification of health-related states. Continue reading