Ensure individuals with disabilities and older individuals can cast private and independent absentee ballots through accessible request, submission, and ballot-marking processes.

Mary Gay Scanlon · Pennsylvania · Democratic

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Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Study and provide strategies for accessible absentee ballot request, submission, and marking processes.. Promised outcome: Individuals with disabilities and older individuals would have the opportunity to cast private and independent absentee ballots.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Introduced as part of the Accessible Voting Act of 2026 in the 119th Congress while serving as U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th District.

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‘‘(B) ensuring that individuals with disabil-18 ities and older individuals are provided the op-19 portunity to cast a private and independent ab-20 sentee ballot, including— 21 ‘‘(i) ensuring the process for request-22 ing and securing an absentee ballot is ac-23 cessible to individuals with disabilities and 24 older individuals; 25 August 6, 2026 (2:27 p.m.) G:\M\19\SCANPA\SCANPA_075.XML g:\V\F\080626\F080626.005.xml (1085124|2) 10 ‘‘(ii) ensuring the process for submit-1 ting an absentee ballot is accessible to indi-2 viduals with disabilities and older individ-3 uals; and 4 ‘‘(iii) ensuring the process for mark-5 ing an absentee ballot is accessible to indi-6 viduals with disabilities and older individ-7 uals;

The bill would seek to ensure accessible absentee ballot request, submission, and marking processes for older and disabled voters.

accessible_voting_act_of_2026.pdf
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