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Information on Registration and Voting for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities in Chicago
This booklet was published to educate citizens of Illinois as to the methods of voting for the elderly and persons with disabilities. The piece describes the voting registration process, including for cases of changed name or address, as well as assistance at the polls of the elderly or disabled. This booklet was released in lead up to the November 7, 2000 elections that featured the presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore. There is also a Spanish version of this document included.
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Voter Assistance Record Form
“Voter Assistance Record Form” is a form meant for the assistant that will be helping the voter in need to cast his/her vote. The form was released in August 1999 but does not mention the body authorizing the form and whether it is meant for a specific election in the District of Columbia, USA.
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In the Hospital? Don't Forget to Vote!
The document was published in 1998 by Maryland’s “Board of Supervisors of Elections” in lead up to that year’s general elections held on November 3rd. The document provides answers to voters who are will be in the hospital during the election. The piece also provides information regarding absentee and emergency application voting as well as a timeline for that year’s midterm elections.
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Accessible Facilities: How to Make Voting More Accessible
“Accessible Facilities: How to Make Voting more Accessible” is a guide from 1996, available in a French and English copy, meant to help election officials make the polling sites more accessible to handicapped voters so they may vote in the upcoming Federal Elections. The document, published by Elections Canada, gives advice on how to make the sites more accessible by setting up ramps, special parking and adapted doors and entrances. The document includes diagrams.
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A Non Partisan Guide to Voting
“A Non-Partisan Guide to Voting” compiled by the United Cerebral Palsy Associations in January of 1996, encourages voter registration amongst all Americans but primarily focuses on the disabled. This pamphlet provides necessary information on the 1996 Congressional Primaries as well as the positive impact the National Voter Registration Act, or “Motor Voter” has had on voter registration. The objective of this pamphlet is to emphasize the importance of voter registration and to provide services to ensure those who are disabled can also register.
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Referendum 1995: What you need to know
“Referendum 1995: What you Need to Know” is a 1995 leaflet, available in a French and English copy, which explains to readers the special measures taken for disabled voters in order for them to be able to access the polls to vote in the October 30th 1995 Referendum in Quebec, Canada. The document, published by the Director General of Elections in Quebec, includes information on voter lists, accessibility of premises for handicapped voters, and access to information.
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Referendum 1995: Inscrivez-vous et votez sans vous deplacer
“Referendum 1995: Inscrivez-vous et votez sans vous deplacer” is a 1995 leaflet, available in French and English copies, which informs readers on how citizens living in a reception or hospital centre can vote in the 1995 Referendum in Quebec, Canada. The document, published by the Director of Elections in Quebec, explains that people unable to move about may send in an application to be included on the voter list and then may vote from their room.
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Early voting in Texas
“Early Voting in Texas” is a voter handbook published in 1994, available in both English and Spanish, by the Elections Division of the Office of the Texas Secretary of State, in lead up to the 1994 Elections in Texas. The guide is meant to provide qualified voters with information about the early voting procedures, such as the time when early voting is conducted, the eligibility of the people who qualify for early voting and other information related to the early voting practices.
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Registration and Voting Information for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities in Chicago
This booklet, published in July of 1994, was distributed to help elderly and disabled people from Chicago, Illinois. The literature contains information regarding how to deal with registering under a changed name or address, what the necessary steps for voting are and how to fill out a registration card as well as information regarding the assistance of the hearing impaired and handicapped. The piece also goes over absentee voting for a hospitalized voter. There is also a Spanish version of the document included.