We do not provide “curbside voting” as this is not approved by the Michigan Bureau of Elections. At several polling locations, we do have a “door bell” that a voter can ring for assistance.
]]>I think “threshold” and “vestibule” problems mean that wheelchair users can’t get into the polling places by themselves. Dave, did you ask Beaudry what, if any, temporary solutions her people use for a wheelchair user who comes to the polls? For example, does an election worker assist such a person over the threshold? Or bring one of the portable voting stations out so that the voter need not enter the polling place at all?
If not, are these citizens simply unable to vote at all?
]]>In any case, the links to the docs are fixed. Thanks for alerting us to that.
As for the other question about a different version of the first paragraph, what you saw was the “excerpt” of the article — not an alternate introduction. In our scheme these “excerpts” are supposed to be a short two-sentence synopsis, as opposed to a literal excerpt. What is the story with these “excerpts”?
On the home page, first four articles displayed in the center column include the first few paragraphs — whatever they are — down to the specified break point. But the next 30 or so articles appear with just their headlines and the “excerpt.”
These “excerpts” are also the summary text we use in the weekly email updates — those updates go out every Saturday to anyone who has signed up specifically for that.
]]>Pondering Ann Arbor Poll Accessibility
September 11 | A stern letter to the city of Ann Arbor from a nonprofit that advocates for accessibility provides a chance to reflect on the city’s polling places. The Chronicle takes a look at how the city ensures accessibility and why the kerfuffle reflected in the letter arose.
What’s the story here (so to speak)?
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