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Voting Information for Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families

   Elected officials regularly make decisions that are critical to the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families, including decisions about health care, education, justice and civil rights. Because of this, the right to vote is one of the most cherished and valuable rights we have. By voicing our opinions as voters, the disability community can make a huge difference in the everyday lives of individuals with disabilities. While the act of voting does not guarantee that our preferences will prevail, every choice not to vote is a choice not to participate in the decision-making process - and we, as a community, must participate in the decision-making. The issues are just too important!
 
   This November, elections for president of the United States, a New Jersey Senator and all 13 Congressional seats will take place. The outcome of any election makes a huge difference with regard to our issues. 
 
   The publications and links offered below are meant as a resource to answer questions you might have about the voting process and to give individuals with disabilities and their family members the tools necessary to ensure that they continue to have a say in who will be making some of the most important decisions for our community. 
 

Resources

The Arc of New Jersey's Get Out The Vote 2008 Publication - offers information on who has the right to vote, capacity to vote, registering to vote, absentee ballots, how to find more information about candidates and information about New Jersey's ballot question.

Legislative Districts - A list of New Jersey towns and what legislative district they fall in.

Voter Registration Application (in 6 languages)

NJ Polling Place Search - find your polling place

Absentee Ballot Application

List of County Clerk Offices

Information on individual candidates - Go to the link, and enter your zip code. Also, many candidates have their own websites.

How to use electronic voting machines

The Disability Policy Collaboration side by side comparison of the Republican and Democratic platforms on several key issues

FactCheck.org - a non-partisan website written by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of pennsylvania

www.nj.com/elections - election results

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