Links to other resources

Voting rights

• Audio Version of the Official Voter Information Guide - www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/audio/ - official Voter Information Guide (VIG) for the June 3, 2008, statewide direct primary election is now available as a downloadable audio file.
• CA Secretary of State's webpage on voters with disabilities
• California Voter - calvoter.org/ - 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.
• California Voter Empowerment Circle (CalVEC) - www.calvec.org - working to improve voter registration, education and access; monitors and takes positions on legislation and propositions
• California Secretary of State's new poll place accessibility guidelines
• Easy Voter - www.easyvoter.org - voting is as easy as 1-2-3, political party statements, nonpartisan newsletter too
• Know Your Voting Rights - www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_dis.htm - one of several disability-related publications prepared in various languages by California Secretary of State’s office.
• National Technical Assistance Center for Voting and Cognitive Access - Newsletter, Winter 2009 - 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
• Voter Guide - www.easyvoter.org - User-friendly voting guides in many formats and languages, resources for outreach workers and educators
• Voter Qualification Chart - State Laws Affecting the Voting Rights of People with Mental Disabilities, June 2008 - 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.

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