I blame the board of elections of NYS for not planning how handicapped people and crippled seniors were going to vote in the 2020 election. I waited in line for 5 hours in dix hill NY without any out water, standing not being able to sit and rest, very little parking. They violated every handicapped rule for public gathering and are getting away with it.
https://www.elections.ny.gov/votingabsentee.html
Sorry you didn't realize that!
Perhaps you weren't aware of this, but it's something to consider the next time you vote at the next election. After the election is over, you might contact your city clerk's office and find out how to sign up so you automatically get absentee ballots from this time forward.
I give you credit though for tolerating the 5 hours. I probably would had to sit down on the pavement and just scoot along as the line moved forward.
I'm a poll worker, and we go to great lengths to accommodate disabilities, but we can't do anything to make crowds go away. We even have curbside voting here, and voters can call the Registrar of Voters office, request a ballot to be brought outside, and they can vote from their cars.
If NY mails voter guides to every registered voter, then all the information for accommodating disabilities would be in there. I'm sure NY would be pretty up to standards on those accommodations.
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