Voting with a Disability

Every voter should be able to cast a ballot, but the accessibility of poll sites and election systems sometimes make voting much harder than it should be especially for people with disabilities.

Advocacy and Non-Partisan Voting Resources

• GMJF’s JCRC General Election Toolkit
• Official U.S. Register to Vote Website
• National Disability Rights Network – Voters With Disabilities
• New Disabled South Voting Rights

The American Association of People with Disabilities has created REV UP whose mission is to build the power of the disability vote through increasing civic engagement in the disability community and improving the accessibility of elections. REV UP stands for “Register, Educate, Vote, Use your Power!” Learn about REV UP’s 2024 Goals. This national coalition for change includes people with disabilities, allies, Supervisors of Elections, poll workers, and elected officials. Please see Florida’s page here.

• New Brochure: Your Disability Voting Rights
• New Know Your Rights Fact Sheet: Making a Voting Access Complaint
• New Know Your Rights Fact Sheet: Supervised Facility Voting

• You can request an accessible vote-by-mail ballot online.
• When requesting online, ensure the box labeled “Voters with Disabilities” has been checked.
• Once the request has been processed, the voter will receive an email with a link to the accessible ballot.
• If eligible for an election, your accessible ballot will then be available to you electronically. Once you have made all your preferred selections on the screen, you will be required to print the ballot from the site and return the accessible ballot by mail. Voters participating in the program will still receive a vote-by-mail packet by regular mail via the United States Postal Service that will include the paper ballot. You may choose to use the paper ballot sent with the vote-by-mail packet as an alternative or if you have an issue printing the electronic ballot.
• VERY IMPORTANT – Return only one ballot using the envelope provided.
• Be sure to sign inside the red box on the outside of the envelope.
• The ballot must be received by the Supervisor of Elections Office no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 5, 2024.
• You cannot electronically return your ballot under Florida Law. You can only receive the ballot electronically. It must be returned as described above.
• An immediate family member may return the vote-by-mail ballot to the Elections Department or drop it off at a Secure Intake Station at any of the 33 Early Voting Sites.

State of Florida Department of State, Division of Elections

Florida laws provide that voting methods (whether voting at the polls or voting-by-mail) be fully accessible to all voters, including persons with a disability.  Options are available to allow voters to cast a ballot with or without assistance: Voters with disabilities have multiple voting options that meet the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) standards in Miami-Dade County. All voting locations offer a paper-based voting system with a touchscreen, audio technology, and sip-and-puff capabilities to assist voters with special needs. There is also an accessible vote-by-mail option that provides the voter more independence when casting a vote-by-mail ballot from home.

Miami Dade County Office of Disability Services

Voters with disabilities have multiple voting options that meet the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) standards in Miami-Dade County. All voting locations offer a paper-based voting system with a touchscreen, audio technology, and sip-and-puff capabilities to assist voters with special needs. There is also an accessible vote-by-mail option that provides the voter more independence when casting a vote-by-mail ballot from home.