Ensure individuals with disabilities and older individuals can cast private and independent in-person ballots, including through barrier removal, shorter waits, curbside voting options, expedited lines, and line-place protections.

‘‘(A) ensuring that individuals with disabil-21 ities and older individuals are provided the op-22 portunity to cast a private and independent bal-23 lot in person in an election for Federal office, 24 including— 25 August 6, 2026 (2:27 p.m.) G:\M\19\SCANPA\SCANPA_075.XML g:\V\F\080626\F080626.005.xml (1085124|2) 9 ‘‘(i) identification of barriers to in- 1 person voting and strategies for remedi-2 ating architectural, attitudinal, transpor-3 tation, technological, and other barriers to 4 accessible in-person voting; 5 ‘‘(ii) strategies to reduce adversely 6 long wait times for casting ballots; 7 ‘‘(iii) alternative options to cast a bal-8 lot on the day of an election, such as pro-9 viding the option to cast a ballot outside of 10 the polling place or from a vehicle; 11 ‘‘(iv) strategies and criteria to create 12 expedited voting lines for those needing 13 such service; or 14 ‘‘(v) the ability for an individual who 15 cannot physically wait in line to exit the 16 line without losing their place;

The bill would direct accessibility work toward enabling older and disabled voters to cast private, independent in-person ballots through multiple specific accommodations.

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Specifically, the bill would ensure through the Office of Accessibility that state and local election officials are taking steps to obtain, deploy, and maintain voting systems, expand the number of options to cast a ballot in federal elections for older voters and voters with disabilities, and establish an online national resource center on accessible voting.

The Accessible Voting Act would expand options to cast ballots in federal elections for older voters and voters with disabilities.

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