Thank You to Voting in the Time of Pandemic Participants

By guest blogger Barbara Beckert

  September 23, 2020

Thank you to everyone who participated in our series of webinars, Voting in the Time of Pandemic. Special thanks to DHS Medicaid Director Jim Jones for his video message about the importance of supporting members with a disability and older adults to vote safely during the pandemic.

The Powerpoint and resources from the September 16^th webinar, the message from Director Jones, as well as videos from all three webinars are posted on the Disability Vote Coalition website at https://disabilityvote.org/2020/voting-in-the-time-of-pandemic-webinar-part-3/.

Thanks for all you are doing to provide support to ensure people with disabilities and older adults are able to vote safely during this very challenging time. If you wanted to order resource material or request an article for your newsletter, we can help. We can also share our monthly calendar of social media posts for you to use. Contact us at info@disabilityvote.org.

As announced at the September 16^th webinar, the Disability Vote Coalition has new resources to help support you with this important work.

• Disability Vote Coalition Voter Training Videos: The DVC has released a series of training videos to help you support voters with disabilities and older adults. Access the videos on our website at disabilityvote.org/videos/ To provide access for deaf voters, each video is also available in a split screen format with an ASL interpreter. Video topics include Voter Registration and Photo ID, Absentee Voting, In-person Voting, Voting Rights, and Voting in Wisconsin – Plain Language.

• DVC 2020 Elections Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). disabilityvote.org/2020/dvc-2020-elections-voting-faq/ The FAQ has been updated to include additional questions we have been asked to address for the November election. If you are assisting voters, this is a must read!
• Absentee Voting Fact Sheet – 2020 Elections, updated September 2020 disabilityvote.org/2020/absentee-voting-in-the-2020-elections/
  Covers how to request, complete, and return your absentee ballot.

• Make Your Plan to Vote November 3^rd A step by step guide to help voters make a plan to vote in the November 3rd Presidential Election. In response to your requests, a statewide version is available, as well as a version with City of Milwaukee contact information. Print it yourself, or we can mail you copies.

• Guardianship and Voting- Restoring your Right to Vote. disabilityvote.org/2020/guardianship-and-voting-restoring-your-right-to-vote/ Explains the process for Individuals under guardianship who have lost their right to vote to petition the court to request that their right to vote be restored.
   
• Wisconsin Election Commission 2020 Voter Education Materials. The WEC is providing videos and fact sheets about voting during the pandemic, including absentee voting. Accurate, accessible, and free!

• Voting Rights for Persons with Criminal Convictions. A series of fact sheets explaining the voting rights of Wisconsinites with criminal convictions. From the ACLU Wisconsin.

Have a voting question or concern? Contact the Disability Rights Wisconsin Voter Hotline for assistance. Call DRW at 844-DIS-VOTE / 844-347-8683 or email info@disabilityvote.org.

The Wisconsin Disability Vote Coalition is grateful to iCare for their tremendous partnership in this webinar series, and their commitment to ensuring providers can support their members rights to participate in the electoral process, and to vote safely during the pandemic.

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Last Updated 9/23/20