State Board of Elections launching new voting measure for those with disabilities

Posted on June 2, 2022
The option is available for the June 28 primary election. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)

By Blake Haas and IIS

BLOOMINGTON – The State Board of Elections is launching a new effort to make it easier for those with disabilities to cast a mail-in ballot.

The blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind can now request a special ballot to vote privately in their own home without assistance.

“When they receive their security envelop in the mail, they don’t receive a paper ballot; they receive their ballot electronically,” said elections spokesperson Matt Dietrich. “That way, they can use whatever assistive technology they have on their computer to mark their ballot.”

The option is available for the June 28 primary election.

Blake Haas can be reached at [email protected].

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