About the Voting Rights Project
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Purpose: To eliminate barriers to voting, including barriers to privacy and independence in voting.
Activities of the Voting Rights Project:
- Participating in the Illinois Disability Get Out the Vote Project and collaborating with community agencies such as the Illinois League of Women Voters
- Serving on the Illinois State Planning Committee to develop a plan to implement Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in Illinois
- Working with Voting Authorities to Release Funds for Polling Place Accessibility
- Chairing a subcommittee on disability-related voting issues and presenting comments on the proposed state guidelines to the State Board of Elections
- Producing and Distributing Voter Rights Information
- Running a toll free Voters Help Line to answer questions regarding voting problems experienced by voters with disabilities
- Offering Free Seminars for People with Disabilities about Their Voting Rights
- Surveying Polling Places throughout Illinois for Accessibility
- Training Election Judges on Voting Rights and Disability Awareness
- Community Outreach
- Helping to Implement Help America Vote Act (HAVA)-State Board of Elections Selection of Accessible Voting Machines
- Helping Register People with Disabilities to Vote-Serving as Deputy Registrars for the City of Chicago, Cook County and other counties in Illinois
- Distributing Information About Political Candidates
- Advocating for full voting place accessibility, including physical and non-visual access
Contact Information:
Voting Rights Project
20 N. Michigan, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 341-0022 Se Habla Espaņol ASL
(800) 537-2632
(800) 610-2779 (TTY)
(312) 341-0295 (Fax)
contactus@equipforequality.org
