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Voting rights

Audio Version of the Official Voter Information Guide (MP3 format files) - official Voter Information Guide (VIG) for the June 3, 2008, statewide direct primary election is now available as a downloadable audio file.

California Secretary of State Voters with Disabilities Information page - one of several disability-related publications prepared in various languages by California Secretary of State’s office.

California Secretary of State’s Polling Place Accessibility Guidelines (Revised March 2010).

California Secretary of State’s Voter Registration information website.

California Secretary of State’s Multilingual Voters services.

California Voter - offers links to California ballot propositions and candidates for office. It also has links to the California Legislature for a look at the Senate and Assembly, current legislation, a glossary legislative terms, rules, calendars, contributions, news releases, and district maps.

County Election Officials Contact Information.

Easy Voter - voting is as easy as 1-2-3, political party statements, nonpartisan newsletter too.

Election Voter Complaint forms.

Find Your Polling Place.

Go Voter: Make Voting Accessible for ALL - The National Technical Assistance Center for Voting and Cognitive Access assists protection and advocacy systems, election officials and people with disabilities to make voting accessible for all citizens. The Center is managed and operated by leaders in the self-advocacy movement.

HAVA and HAVA Complaint Form (pdf).

Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA): California's Voting Rights Act.

Impact: Political Activism and Voter Participation by Persons with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities.

Launching a Successful Voter Empowerment Campaign (pdf) - a publication by the National Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center, a project of the National Mental Health Association.

National Technical Assistance Center for Voting and Cognitive Access - Newsletter, Winter 2009 (pdf) - articles include Partnering with Self-Advocacy Groups on Voting, Project Vote Trainings, Self Advocacy Online, and links to self-advocacy groups in every state.

National Coalition for the Homeless: 2010 voter rights/registration manual (pdf).

November 2, 2010 General Election Easy Voter Guide – a project of the League of Women Voters. Easy Voter Guide provides basic information on registering, voting and elected offices. It also gives nonpartisan information on candidates, political parties and propositions.

Polling Place Accessibility - Elections & Voter Information, California Secretary of State

Smart Voter: Nonpartisan Election Information.

Vote. It's Your Right. A Guide to the Voting Rights of People with Mental Disabilities (pdf) just in time for the November 2008 elections, here is a new guide to voting rights from Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law and National Disability Rights Network.

Voter Qualification Chart - State Laws Affecting the Voting Rights of People with Mental Disabilities, June 2008 (pdf) - This table is based on the table published by Kay Schriner, Lisa Ochs, & Todd Shields, Democratic Dilemmas: Notes on the ADA & Voting Rights of People with Cognitive and Emotional Impairments, 21 BERKLEY J. EMP. & LAB. L. 437 (2000). The table was updated by the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) in June 2004, and by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law on a continuous basis since that time.

Voting Rights - The Civil Rights Coalition for the 21st Century.