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Young advocates, secretary of state urge lawmakers to expand curbside voting for people with disabilities
Summary
Children from Kid's Court Academy and Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas told the Government Administration and Elections Committee that legislation to improve curbside voting (bill 15-14) would expand equal access for electors with disabilities, and the secretary said her office supports the measure with technical suggestions.
Two sixth-grade students and the state’s top elections official told the Government Administration and Elections Committee on Friday that a bill to improve curbside voting would make polling places more accessible for people with disabilities.
Ezekiel Works and his twin brother, Jeremy Works, both students at Doolittle Elementary School and members of the Connecticut Kids’ Court Academy, told the committee that curbside voting would let people with mobility or other limitations cast private ballots without leaving their vehicle or waiting in physically inaccessible lines. “Curbside voting would be a big advantage to people with special needs because they would have equal rights,” Ezekiel told the committee. Jeremy added that curbside voting…
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