Voting Rights for the Elderly and the Handicapped Act - Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary for Health, Education, and Welfare, to prescribe standards for polling and registration facilities which will insure ready access by the physically handicapped and elderly individuals.
Permits designation of facilities for Federal elections which do not comply with such standards only where conforming facilities are unavailable. Requires election officials to report to the Attorney General on the designation of such polling and registration locations.
Requires States to provide alternative registration and voting methods for physically handicapped and elderly persons assigned to inaccessible registration facilities or polling places.
Requires each State to provide braille ballots, permit voting assistants, or employ other appropriate voting methods to persons unable to operate a voting machine or use a paper ballot.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
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