With the Ontario election imminent, advocates emphasize the need for accessible voting for people with disabilities. Recent winter storms have left Toronto sidewalks partially cleared, making navigation challenging. Jennifer Jewell, who uses a motorized wheelchair, described her experience during advance voting, highlighting the barriers she faced, including snowbanks and uneven paths. Her journey to vote was exhausting and resulted in needing assistance to get home. Advocates like Jewell stress that voting should be equitable for all, urging city and provincial authorities to improve access to polling locations.
"I had a full battery and it burned the whole thing. So I couldn't come home. I had to have a friend transfer me money so I could get an Uber."
"Voting is one of the few things that we can do. It's supposed to be an equalizer, but there's so many barriers to getting to vote in the first place."
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