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Accessible Polling Facilities and the ADA

2:00 pm EDT March 17, 2020   |   Organized by: Great Lakes ADA Center

Description

This presentation will cover resources available to election officials to evaluate the accessibility of polling locations, specifically the ADA Checklist for Polling Places developed by the U.S. Dept. of Justice in 2016. The presentation will discuss training polling place staff and volunteers on key issues related to disability voting rights, disability awareness, and avoiding barriers to voting access. The presentation will include real life examples, images and graphics to illustrate the content.

Registration

  • Required

  • Cost - Free

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  • Continuing Education

    • ACTCP - 1.5 credit hours

    • Certificate of Attendance - 1.5 credit hours




Julie Brinkhoff

Co-Director/PI, Great Plains ADA Center

Julie directs the Great Plains ADA Center's core service activities including training, technical assistance, product development, and dissemination.Julie has extensive experience in designing and disseminating training programs and materials on a variety of topics related to the ADA. She has assisted numerous communities in meeting ADA compliance obligations, developing ADA implementation policies/strategies, and meeting Project Civic Access requirements.Her primary areas of expertise are ADA employment provisions, service animals, accessible web design, customer service, and Title II and III ADA implementation.She is especially interested in designing and disseminating information in effective, user-friendly formats through multi-media.She holds a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Missouri and has been involved with the Center since 1995.

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