AAPD leader highlights RevUp training, DOJ guidance on accessible voting
Maria Town, CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, told HTV’s Focus on Abilities that AAPD’s RevUp program trained students at Houston Community College’s VAST Academy to serve as poll workers and helped prompt recent Department of Justice guidance clarifying polling-place obligations under the ADA and other federal laws.
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Maria Town, CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, said on HTV’s Focus on Abilities that AAPD’s RevUp program used an Election Assistance Commission grant to train students at Houston Community College’s VAST Academy to serve as paid poll workers and test accessible voting equipment.
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