EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Diane Golden
Organization : | Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs
Post Date : | 9/9/2005
Section Comments
Section : | 6.8.3.5
Page no. : | 41
Line no.: | 4
Comment : | IMPORTANT NOTE: Making “optical aids” available at a polling place is NOT an appropriate accessibility solution and it cannot be used in place of electronic output of large print, high contrast text. Non-electronic magnifiers must be matched to an individual’s vision limitations, their visual tracking skills, and their personal refractive lens use. A polling place cannot possibly have available the range of optical aids that would be necessary to ensure appropriate accessibility and it is inappropriate to suggest a polling place use that approach to delivering accessibility.