Continue to convene and add more members to the Vote Assessment Advisory Committee so more states will be involved and increase the number of surveys Get more self advocacy groups to partner with P&As on using the surveys Invite more groups to use the surveys, like National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) Self Advocacy Advisory Committee (SAAB), etc. STRATEGY With the support of NDRN, SABE’s Voter Project convened a Vote Assessment Advisory Committee of interested P&A staff and a representative from the Federation of the Blind to explore the possibility for P&As to use a standardized assessment instrument to collect Election Day experiences of voters with disabilities. Attachment B is a membership list of the newly created Vote Assessment Advisory Committee. The Committee reviewed existing instruments from SABE’s Voter Project, P&As across the country and the Federation of the Blind. The Vote Assessment Advisory Committee recommended the usage of the two surveys (Attachment A) for the 2014 Election. For 2014, data collectors focused primarily on the Voter Experience Survey rather than the Polling Place Accessibility Survey. The Polling Place Accessibility Survey was developed and field tested by University Legal Services (Washington, DC, P&A). It collects useful information and is reported to be an easy to use instrument for P&A staff, people with disabilities and volunteers to use. Also, the Voter Experience
Continue to convene and add more members to the Vote Assessment Advisory Committee so more states will be involved and increase the number of surveys Get more self advocacy groups to partner with P&As on using the surveys Invite more groups to use the surveys, like National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) Self Advocacy Advisory Committee (SAAB), etc. STRATEGY With the support of NDRN, SABE’s Voter Project convened a Vote Assessment Advisory Committee of interested P&A staff and a representative from the Federation of the Blind to explore the possibility for P&As to use a standardized assessment instrument to collect Election Day experiences of voters with disabilities. Attachment B is a membership list of the newly created Vote Assessment Advisory Committee. The Committee reviewed existing instruments from SABE’s Voter Project, P&As across the country and the Federation of the Blind. The Vote Assessment Advisory Committee recommended the usage of the two surveys (Attachment A) for the 2014 Election. For 2014, data collectors focused primarily on the Voter Experience Survey rather than the Polling Place Accessibility Survey. The Polling Place Accessibility Survey was developed and field tested by University Legal Services (Washington, DC, P&A). It collects useful information and is reported to be an easy to use instrument for P&A staff, people with disabilities and volunteers to use. Also, the Voter Experience
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