The 2024 U.S. General Election is rapidly approaching, making it more important than ever to ensure everyone’s voice is heard through voting. The voter turnout for Americans with disabilities has been slowly increasing from 55.9% of people with disabilities reporting voting in the 2016 election to 61.8% in 2020.1 Even still, there exists a turnout gap between citizens with and without disabilities where if individuals with disabilities voted at the same rate as those without disabilities, there would have been an estimated 1.75 million more voters with disabilities in the 2020 Presidential Election. Additionally, data collected following the 2022 Midterm Election revealed that 14% of voters with disabilities, nearly 2.2 million individuals, experienced difficulty voting compared to 4% among voters without disabilities. 2
In order to educate the community, the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Advocacy & Policy team has compiled voter registration and absentee ballot application deadlines as well as some resources by state on accessible voting. In addition to your local board of elections, use this resource to ensure you have clear and accurate details about voting requirements and procedures in your state.
Read more about your state registration deadlines here.