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People with disabilities seek help voting absentee in 2023

By Marisa Wojcik, Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

March 31, 2023

Voters with disabilities have concerns over returning absentee ballots in the spring 2023 election despite laws that protect people with disabilities who need accommodations to vote.

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