Voting accessibility for the handicapped act name

Voting Accessibility for the Handicapped Act
It was adopted in the year of 1984
All polling facilities must be accessibly to all individuals with disabilities.
Goal - The act states that if “no accessible location is available to serve as a polling place; voters must provide an alternate means of voting on Election Day.

Principles
Each state is responsible for adhering to the guidelines laid out for physical accessibility for those experiencing any type of disability.
The act ensures that disable patrons assigned to a facility without accessibility would be automatically provided with an alternative location for the ballot casting purposes on the day of the election.
Each state will provide amble notice on the dispersion of documentation in a timely manner.

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The chief official of each state will determine each potential polling location.
The location itself will be surveyed beforehand. If no such accessible place is available that particular political location must provide temporarily accessibility to that specific personnel.
This act ensures that all handicapped or elderly voter must be assigned to a place of accessibly or be provided with an alternative method for casting the necessary ballot.

Registration and Voting Aids
Each state must provide accessibility to registration and voting aids for disabled persons.
The ballots will be printed in large print font for all person with disabilities. The law requires that all disabled and elderly voters must have access to aids including telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) to accommodate the voting process.
A medical certification or doctor documentation is not required for the casting of an absentee ballot due to disability factors.

The chief officer of each state will provide ample notice and detailed information to those experiencing disabilities concerning the availability of specific aids needed on election day.
In 2015, an amendment was added to this particular act stating that a polling official “may allow a voter who is physically disabled or over the age of 70 to move to the front of the line at polling place upon request of the voter.