Michigan voters with disabilities face barriers to the ballot box, despite legal protections

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Dessa Cosma, executive director of Detroit Disability Power, said she recognizes that Election Day is busy for poll workers, but said that not giving voters with disabilities the same consideration as others is a form of discrimination. (Courtesy of Shin-yi Wang)

This article was originally published by Votebeat , a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access.

While most Michigan voters are able to make a simple plan for voting — Where is the polling place, and when am I going? — voters with disabilities often have a lot more issues to contend with…

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