2024 Disability Voting Rights Week

September 9 – 13!

Learn more about the issues, and how you can help advance the disability agenda at our 2024 Disability Voting Rights Week post.

2024 Election Calendar

Visit the Secretary of State’s Upcoming Elections page.

• September 3 – State Primary
  • August 24 – Voter Registration Deadline
  • August 26 – Vote by Mail Application Deadline
• November 5 – Election Day
  • October 19 – First day of in-person early voting for state election
  • October 26 – Last day to register to vote for state election
  • October 29 5:00 p.m. – Deadline to apply for mail-in ballot for state election
  • November 1 – last day of in-person early voting for state election

Voters Can Apply for Accessible Electronic Vote by Mail

Massachusetts voters who cannot independently cast a standard print ballot can now request accessible electronic voting accommodations. To access the Accessible Vote by Mail system, you must first submit a complete Accessible Vote by Mail Application online and send it to your local election official. 

Please visit the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s webpage for Voters with Disabilities

REV Up Voting Campaign Guide

Download your guide from national REV UP – The REV Up Voting Campaign Guide – What is the REV UP Voting Campaign and how can you and your
organization get involved?

We all Have a Right to be Engaged

Marlene Sallo, former ED of Disability Law Center, was interviewed by WGBH on election day. Watch the video and read the story at https://www.wgbh.org/specials/2020/11/03/we-all-have-a-right-to-be-engaged-civil-rights-attorney-on-making-voting-accessible-to-all.

“Her team’s efforts to ensure that this year’s elections were accessible to all voters began nearly a year ago, when the Disability Law Center started working with state and local officials to ensure that the language used for mail-in voting met the same accessibility standards as those for voting in person. Given health and safety considerations due to the coronavorus pandemic, it became even more important to ensure that all voters could safely cast their ballots, whether at the polls or from home.

“Don’t we all have the right to vote independently and privately?” she said. “Someone with a disability should not have less of a right than someone without a disability.”

Why is the Disability Vote so important?

Watch this 2016 video from the Disability Law Center – Your vote is even more important today.

Join REV UP Massachusetts!

To join REV UP Massachusetts – go to the SIGN UP page. Whether you need to register, are voting for the first time, or want to volunteer with us – please visit the SIGN UP page and stay informed.

Voting is your right and  your responsibility!  Read the Massachusetts Voters’ Bill of Rights.