Disability rights groups say Texas' restrictive new voting law makes it unclear what type of help people with disabilities can and can't get at the polls, likely harming their access. Texas VotingRights DisabilityRights VoterSuppression Elections2022
Voters wait in a line outside a polling location in Houston on Oct. 13, 2020, the first day of early voting for that year’s election cycle.
“We don’t want to jeopardize our attendants, but we want to be able to vote, but we need our attendants’ help, so we’re in a Catch-22,” Crowther said. “It’s a bigger swath of the voting populace that will be scared off and what will happen is that people will not vote. But I’m not going to give in to that.”
Texans who drive at least seven voters to the polls are also considered assistants and must comply with new rules on compensation. Broadway said she has heard concerns from nursing home employees who provide transportation to polling places. If there’s evidence that an assistant was paid for their services, Potter County elections administrator Melynn Huntley said she would need to refer the case to the attorney general.
“At the end of the day, we aren’t sure how this is going to play out,” Bearden said. “We’re kind of in the dark and are hoping that most election workers will be fair and want to make sure that people get the assistance they need.”
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