DID YOU VOTE - PLEASE HELP US COLLECT SURVEYS
Just as it is important to know that YOUR VOTE
COUNTS, we need to know that you have the accessibility needed to MAKE
IT COUNT; therefore we are collecting surveys to learn about the voting
experiences of people with disabilities for the 2016 Election.
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) was passed in 2002
to make sure everyone in this country can cast a private and independent
vote. Now, we want to make
sure the law is working for voters with disabilities.
YOU can help us do that by completing a survey
developed by Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE), Protection and
Advocacy organizations and self advocacy organizations across the
country.
We have two ways voters with disabilities can do that
by January 1, 2017.
1. You can go on-line at the
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered website,
www.sabeusa.org.
Voters
can do this independently or with help from someone, they choose.
Here
is the direct link to the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2016VoterExperienceSurvey
2. Not everyone has access to a computer or the
internet; so many self advocacy groups across the country are helping
members complete the survey by filling it out by hand at a self advocacy
meeting or conference.
Surveys completed by hand need to be returned to your state or local
self advocacy group or your state Protection and Advocacy organization.
These need to be mailed to Essie Pederson, 5242 Sunrise View
Circle, Liberty Township, OH 45044.
Click this link for the survey document to print.
You may also reach out to the
SABE Voter Team and complete the survey with them.
You can contact Teresa Moore, SABE Voter staff person at
mooreadvocacy@hotmail.com or (602)
725-3117.
Any problems making copies of
the survey for meetings or postage to mail them to SABE; contact
Essie Pederson, SABE Voter staff person at
Essie.pederson@gmail.com or (513)
623-2566.
SABE is
the United States national
self-advocacy organization managed and operated by leaders in the self
advocacy movement.
Since 2002 SABE has operated
The National Technical Assistance Center for Voting and Cognitive Access
to help protection and advocacy systems, election officials and people
with disabilities to make voting accessible for all citizens.
www.sabeusa.org