黑料正能量 Note: The following comes to us courtesy of our friends at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, including links that provide:
听–听听听听听听 Charts re state laws affecting voting rights of people with mental disabilities, voter challenge laws, absentee ballot laws, and relevant state court forms.
–听听听听听听听 A model letter to state election officials alerting them to voting problems faced by people with mental disabilities, and describing federal laws that protect the voting rights of people with mental disabilities.
–听听听听听听听 Model materials for people with mental disabilities and their advocates to use when challenging voting restrictions imposed on people under guardianship.
–听听听听听听听 A draft cover email to use when sending these materials to other advocates.
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–听(8/30/12):听Replaces the 2008 chart 鈥淪tate Laws Affecting the Voting Rights of People with Mental Disabilities鈥 in听
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–听|听听(8/30/12): Includes model motions, affidavits and orders that people under guardianship- or their family members or advocates-can use to restore voting rights taken away because a person with a mental disability has a guardian.
–听|听听(8/30/12): Alerts state election officials to voting problems faced by people with mental disabilities, and describes federal laws that protect the voting rights of people with mental disabilities.
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Handouts and Flyers for Posting in Facilities and at Polls
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Additional Resources
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Media听Coverage
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–,听Providence Journal听(5/29/08)
,听Providence Journal听(8/21/07)
,听St. Louis Post-Dispatch听writer’s blog (8/21/07)
,听St. Louis Post-Dispatch听editorial (2/26/07)
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Press Releases听
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