A bill to provide that polling and registration places for elections for Federal office be accessible to physically handicapped and elderly individuals.
Voting Rights for the Elderly and the Handicapped Act - Directs the Attorney General in consultation with the Secretary for Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe standards for polling and registration facilities which will assure ready access by the handicapped and the aged.
Permits designation of facilities for Federal elections which do not comply with such standards only where conforming facilities are unavailable.
Requires States to provide alternative registration and voting methods for aged and handicapped persons assigned to inaccessible registration facilities or polling places.
Requires that a paper ballot be made available or a voting assistant be permitted to a person unable to operate a voting machine.
Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
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