Following a lawsuit by the Justice Department, all Los Angeles County voting centers must be in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
During the March primary earlier this year, Canoga Park resident Carrie Madden, who is disabled, made a mistake on her vote-by-mail ballot."It pointed us to a door for accessibility and I asked my helper, please open the door and he couldn't do it. He pulled on it with all his strength. We went back through the doorway. Nobody had propped open the door for the next wheelchair user and nobody had turned on any lights.
"They had architectural barriers. Things such as steep slopes. Wide gaps and abrupt level changes in walkways or entrance doors. Protruding objects from walls and lack of accessible parking.
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