are you planning to vote I am planning
to vote yes I am planning to vote yes I
am definitely planning on volume I'm
excited for my ballot to come in the
mail I am planning on voting yes I am
dev boo technically I'm not able to vote
but when I do turn 18 I'm planning on
first of all registering to vote I plan
on getting my ballot in the mail why
vote it's your opportunity to cast your
opinion on how you want to see society
run so have your voice heard voting is
definitely one of the major rights of an
adult we've worked so hard to get our
voting rights you know American we
fought long hard for a long time to vote
that's what we were fighting for to be
able to have democracy sure people with
disabilities vote if people with
disabilities or other marginalized
groups aren't able to vote then their
voices aren't heard and their opinions
aren't taken into consideration we're
still people were still human beings it
is the best option to make sure that we
get our rights by voting on things that
affect us there's a lot of things that
our government has done that has either
helped people with disabilities because
of how people voted and there's a lot of
things up it does hurt people with
disabilities if you could get your
voices heard
then you personally get more
independence it's kind of our way into
adulthood here like hey we get to
finally have a safe which is very
important for people with disabilities
for everyone to be more engaged in their
community we finally have a voice and
what should happen and what things need
to change
what can my vote change voting can
affect the people that are representing
you in our Senate and House who we
decide to like to be leaders of all
government I thought for president Joe
Guidice are gonna make decisions on
cases and how laws should be interpreted
laws deletes it definitely make a change
in people's lives new wheelchair ramps
health care needs some closed captioning
on new devices if you have to start
paying for parking things can change and
things get better so you can really make
change both in your community and then
on the national level
I don't know how when you're a person
with a disability and you think maybe
sometimes you can't do things especially
vote on your own you know you're not
you're not always alone and you can
always definitely ask somebody for help
ask your family friend can help you you
shouldn't be told because you have a
disability that you can't vote because
that's just not true
step 1 register once you turn 18
register to vote at this link d r-tx org
slash disability vote step 2 research so
learn about the issues there's a lot of
resources online that talk about the
different candidates
there's town halls that you can go to to
learn about issues watching the news
helps me be aware the larger elections
there's talking to your community
members there's videos that you can find
that talk and more simpler language
about different political issues step 3
vote
there are many many ways to vote you
could go to a polling booth in person
all voting locations are required to
have at least one accessible voting
booth accessible voting booths may be
different depending on your county you
could send it through the mail you can
sign up to have your ballot mailed to
you once you register to vote nowadays
there are websites out there for voting
for the Internet online voting and
voting by mail are not available
everywhere check our website to see if
it's available in your county state or
territory bothy is really easy just
click on that link let's do this about
voting rights hotline in Texas one eight
eight eight seven nine six vo te that's
one eight eight eight seven nine six
eight six eight three for more
information go to dr TX org slash
disability vote
produced by rooted and rights for
disability rights Texas WWD r-tx org