ADA complaint: Detroit voters with disabilities barred from accessing election info on city website

[TexasTowelie]

Detroit voters with disabilities are unable to access crucial information about Tuesday’s election through the city Department of Elections website, according to an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complaint filed by Detroit Disability Power (DDP).

DDP, a disability rights organization, said in a statement Thursday that it filed the complaint with the city of Detroit after repeatedly reaching out to Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey about accessibility issues on the city website and receiving no adequate response.

Winfrey, Detroit’s longtime city clerk, is running for reelection against Denzel McCampbell, a voting rights activist who has worked as a communications director for U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit). Winfrey did not respond to a request for comment about the ADA complaint.

Specifically, DDP noted in its complaint that the list of satellite voting locations for Tuesday’s election has only been available through a downloadable PDF, which people who are visually impaired and blind cannot access through screen readers.

Read more: https://michiganadvance.com/blog/ada-complaint-detroit-voters-with-disabilities-barred-from-accessing-election-info-on-city-website/

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

1. My friends daughter worked one year as a counter.

They were told to throw away blind people's votes. Despite they could prove that was their signature it was thrown out anyway. This was in a blue state and blue county and a blue city. My blind friend still votes even after she was told that. Have to try.

[multigraincracker]

2. A little history about the 18th Century and the American Revolution.

No taxation without representation. The rebellion against the Stamp Act.
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/magna-carta-muse-and-mentor/no-taxation-without-representation.html

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

The Stamp Act of 1765, which Parliament imposed on the American colonies, placed a tax on paper, legal documents, and other commodities; limited trial by jury; and extended the jurisdiction of the vice-admiralty courts. The act generated intense, widespread opposition in America with its critics labeling it “taxation without representation” and a step toward “despotism.” At the suggestion of the Massachusetts Assembly, delegates from nine of the thirteen American colonies met in New York in October 1765. Six delegates, including Williams Samuel Johnson (1727–1819) from Connecticut, agreed to draft a petition to the king based on this Declaration of Rights.

Lets push for a "No taxation without representation" law of the land. If one is denied the right to vote, or ones vote is not counted, then no taxes will be required of that citizen for 4 years. No Federal, State of Local taxes, including sale taxes. With this law in place, we could almost see Universal Voting in the USA. That would be a great thing for our party.

[MichMan]

3. That would eliminate non resident city income taxes and out of state sales taxes

I stayed in a hotel in another state that assessed a "hotel tax", plus I paid sales taxes, and gas taxes while I was there, yet I dont get to vote there.

I also have to pay non resident city taxes for working in a nearby city, yet dont get to vote in their elections either.