"People with disabilities face barriers to voting throughout the country, that includes Brooklyn," says Evan Yankey, the advocacy director for the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled.
"No one can see that you're blind or deaf. It's one of the things that once they realize that you do have a challenge, then they're a little more helpful," said Marc Safman, a deafblind person who is a disability advocate.
Safman, who spoke at a recent seminar at nonprofit Helen Keller Services about available resources for disabled voters, said planning for transportation to the polling site was one of the first steps.
Polling sites should have a designated Ballot Marking Device (BMD), a machine that allows voters with disabilities to mark their vote.
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