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This report highlights key trends in voter turnout among voters with disabilities in the 2010 elections. Authors find that turnout by voters with disabilities was 3 percentage points lower than voters without disabilities. Authors analyze this trend by state, age, vote method, and employment status, among others.

This report highlights key trends in voter turnout among voters with disabilities in the 2008 elections. Authors find that turnout by voters with disabilities was 3 percentage points lower than voters without disabilities. Authors analyze this trends by state, age, vote method, and employment, among others.

An early assessment of the growing trend of states expanding the use of absentee and early in-person voting in elections.

This document outlines best practices for developing audio and tactile controls for voting systems. These best practices are intended to give voting system designers methods to improve their existing audio or for creating audio for a new voting system. They propose an incremental approach to testing the audio with voters with disabilities.

The City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections maintains publicly available training resources for poll workers on their website, including informational videos and an up-to-date poll worker manual. Topics covered include poll worker duties in opening a polling place, assisting voters, and closing a polling place.