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On Tuesday, September 27, 2016, National Voter Registration Day, our friends at #CripTheVote hosted a Twitter chat on Storytelling and Voting with Rooted in Rights as a Guest Host. Rooted in Rights and the organizers of #CripTheVote created a series of short videos featuring the disability community.
Video visual descriptions
Each video begins with the same graphic as follows: Logo of #CripTheVoteStories with the text of the hashtag in rainbow colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue purple and yellow) is placed at the top of every video player, and remains there during the video. During a music jingle, a graphic of a box with four quadrants with pictures of 1) the international symbol of access, a wheelchair sign, 2) Two hands signing, 3) A person using a white cane and 3) An image of a person’s brain. The box with four quadrants turns into a voting box with grey check that swipes across. An orange title screen draws in from both sides with the name of the person, and their city. Following each video, the music jingle plays again with the @RootedinRights Twitter handle as a title screen.
Emily Munson | Indianapolis, IN transcript
“In addition to seeing voting as my civic duty, I also think that voting goes hand in hand with the disability community’s mantra of “nothing about us without us.” So, I love to get educated about the issues and weigh in on them at the ballot box. My favorite voting experience was a couple of years ago when I volunteered at the polls. It was a man with Down syndrome, first year voting, and he came with his parents. And, um, you know, I helped him get checked into the polling book, and on the way back he showed me his sticker. I gave him a thumbs up, and his dad stopped by afterwards, and said that the gentleman had commented to him that he thought it was great to see someone like him at the polling place, that he felt so much more comfortable casting his vote and felt like he belonged. Indeed, I think all Americans belong at the polling place, and I hope to see you there on November 8.”
Related Keywords
- City Government
- County Government
- Election
- Election Training
- HAVA: Help America Vote Act
- Local Government
- Polling Place
- Public Entity
- State Government
- Title II
- Voter Registration
- Voting
- Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984
- Voting Area
- Voting Booth
- Voting Machine
- Voting Rights Act
Related Section Numbers
- 2016 ADA CHECKLIST FOR POLLING PLACES, (1)
- Solutions for Five Common ADA Access Problems at Polling Places, (1)
- The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Federal Laws Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities, (1)
- A Guide to Disability Rights Laws, (1)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Voting Rights, (1)
- Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, (1)
- SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND FAUQUIER COUNTY REGARDING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF POLLING PLACES, (1)
- 2004 ADA Checklist for Polling Places, (1)
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