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East Chicago NAACP president urges correction of early-voting site access problems
Summary
At the public forum, Benita Arnold, president of the East Chicago NAACP, told the board the early-voting site at the Keri/Cary Gosch Early Learning Center is not ADA accessible, citing steep makeshift ramps and a difficult bus drop-off route; she asked the board to act before early voting begins in greater numbers.
Benita Arnold, president of the East Chicago NAACP, raised a formal public-safety and access concern during the April 14 public forum, saying the early-voting location at the (Kerigosh/Cary/Keri) Early Learning Center presents barriers to seniors and people with disabilities.
"They have put up two makeshift ramps that are not ADA accessible without even handrails," Arnold…
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