Laws Limit Disability Election Assistance

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New Louisiana election laws creating challenges for voters with disabilities

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Laws in more than 20 states now restrict various elements of mail-in ballots.

Restrictions like those limit the ability of health aides and nurses to help prepare a ballot for the people they care for.

Some even threaten criminal charges for aides who help too many people to vote.

A new study found that there has been a 5.1% increase in people with disabilities eligible to vote in 2020 .

Long-term care facilities are at risk of not having enough staff to assist residents with their ballots.

There are more than 1,300 facilities across the state that would need to find another way to get assistance and lean on family members to come out and assist.

Louisiana Secretary of State Landry defended the laws before the state legislature earlier this year .

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