In January, 2021, the US Department of Justice settled a lawsuit with the St. Louis, MO, Board of Election Commissioners regarding voting locations that were not ADA accessible during the 2019 election. One of the issues in the settlement was polling places where remediation of the polling place and relocation to another polling facility were infeasible. This article provides a description of effective curb side voting.
Read MoreThe Justice Department today announced that it reached an agreement with Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, to resolve the department’s findings of disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the agreement Amtrak will fix inaccessible stations and pay $2.25 million to victims hurt by its inaccessible stations.
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