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Document Competency to Vote - Analyzing a Challenge Based on Lack of Mental Competence to Vote 
Other Topics: Mental Health Issues  Voting 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document DOJ Opinion on Voting
Other Topics: Voting 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Help America Vote Act - Text of the Act 
Other Topics: Civil Rights  Mental Health Issues  Voting Rights Act  Voting 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Increasing Physical Access to Voting - Passage of HAVA was a landmark event for the disability community. For the first time, federal legislation guaranteed voters with disabilities a private and independent vote. This achievement, however, is a reminder that the promise of past legislation to secure voting rights for voters with disabilities remains, in many ways, unfulfilled. Basic barriers remain. It is necessary that election reform efforts seek to ensure that these guarantees, old and new, are honored. 
Other Topics: Voting 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Proof of Citizenship for Voters - Many people believe that all Americans have readily available documents that prove their citizenship. This is simply not the case. Very few official documents actually establish citizenship: birth certificates, naturalization certificates, and passports are among the rare examples. Americans who have this paperwork do not usually carry it around with them. And many people store the documents with a family member or in a safe deposit box, far from a current residence. For other citizens, birth certificates simply do not exist. Those born on reservations or outside a hospital, for example, may never have been issued official birth documents. Victims of natural disasters, such as Katrina survivors, may have had their original birth certificates destroyed. 
Other Topics: Voting  Civil Rights 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Removing Barriers to Voting - Removing Barriers to Voting for People with Mental Disabilities 
Other Topics: Mental Health Issues  Voting 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Summary of HAVA - A short summary of Help America Votes Act 
Other Topics: Voting 
Contributor: WVDDC
Document Voting Rights of People Under Guardianship - A discussion of the voting rights of people under different levels of guardianship. 
Other Topics: Mental Health Issues  Voting 
Contributor: WVDDC

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