Voting Accessibility
A typical depiction of elections in the United States follows a basic structure: voters travel to a polling place on Election Day, casting a paper or electronic ballot and receiving an “I Voted” sticker on their way out. This method of voting is still alive and well, but there have been many policy reforms over recent decades aimed at modifying the voting process, ranging from how people register to when voting occurs.
Access to voting has become a focus of voting rights advocates, many of whom are pushing for easier methods of voting in order to most effectively reach voters and boost turnout. The programs discussed here are part of the ongoing effort to enfranchise more people and expand access to voting that has been fought for since the beginning of the nation.