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VOTERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Polling places should support voters, not hinder them.

When you go to the polls in Texas, you can expect:

  1. Your polling place will meet strict accessibility standards, including:
    1. A location on the ground floor, which can be entered from the street or via an elevator with doors that open at least 36 inches.
    2. Doors, entrances, and exits used to enter or leave the polling place are at least 32 inches wide.
    3. Any curb next to the main entrance to the polling place must have curb-cuts or temporary non-slip ramps.
    4. Stairs necessary to enter or leave the polling place must have handrails on each side and a non-slip ramp.
    5. Removal of all barriers such as gravel, automatically closing gates, closed doors without lever-type handles, or any other barrier that impedes the path of the physically disabled to the voting station.
  2. Voting systems that are accessible to voters with physical disabilities and can accommodate no vision, low vision, no hearing, low hearing, limited manual dexterity, limited reach, limited strength, no mobility, low mobility, or any combination of the foregoing (except the combination of no hearing and no vision).
  3. Each polling place will offer at least one Direct Recording Electronic device or "DRE". DREs are paperless, computerized voting units that allow voters with disabilities to vote directly on the system. Depending on the type of DRE, special needs voters may use headphones or other assistive devices to help them vote independently and secretly.