ADA complaint: Detroit voters with disabilities barred from accessing election info on city website [View all]
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.
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