The GAO report to congressional requesters: Voters With Disabilities – More Polling Places Had No Potential Impediments Than in 2000, but Challenges Remain <read>
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) had two major goals: Improve the integrity of voting after the 2000 debacle; and help those with disabilities vote independently and privately.
CTVotersCount readers know that HAVA has failed miserably in improving integrity. Its been a costly exercise that has improved voting integrity in some states and reduced it in others.
Now we can add another failure. According to the GAO report, only 27% of polling places actually have no impediments to voting by the disabled. Its worse than that. In 2000 16% of polling places had no impediments, so at great cost and effort only 11% of polling places improved.
