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Talking Voting Machines for Blind Absentee Voters

Robert Timothy Reagan
August 6, 2023

Gray v. St. Louis City Board of Election Commissioners (Audrey G. Fleissig, E.D. Mo. 4:16-cv-1548)
Near the beginning of absentee voting, two blind voters filed a federal complaint seeking accommodation for blind voters by talking voting machines in light of a recent state-court decision tightening absentee-voting procedures. On the day that the complaint was filed, the defendant election board answered, and the judge granted the plaintiffs immediate relief. The parties stipulated dismissal of the action before election day.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Voting technology; absentee ballots; early voting.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.