,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #hjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,january #ag1       
#bjbj,ms4 ,wild 7for herself1 ,ms4      
,norton1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 
,khanna1 ,ms4 ,stevens1 ,mr4 ,pappas1   
,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,dean1 
,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,ms4       
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,soto1 
,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mrs4
 ,kirkpatrick1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4   
,haaland1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mrs4 ,davis of  
,california1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1
 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,meng1 and ,mr4 
,langevin7 submitted the following      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,house ,administration    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that     
,congress should enact the ,voters with 
,disabilities ,bill of ,rights to       
fulfill the promises of the ,americans  
,with ,disabilities ,act of #aiij and   
other civil rights laws which demand    
equal access to the ballot box for      

people with disabilities and to reaffirm
 and ensure that voters with            
disabilities have equal access to the   
ballot box4  ,whereas the ,centers for  
,disease ,control and ,prevention       
reported that #fa1jjj1jjj ,americans    
live with a disability2 ,whereas the    
,school of ,management and ,labor       
,relations at ,rutgers ,university      
projected that in #bjaf there were      
#ce1djj1jjj people with disabilities    
eligible to vote in the ,united ,states1
 one-sixth of the total ,american       
electorate2 ,whereas1 despite the size1 
diversity1 and the interest of people   
with disabilities to participate in the 
,united ,states electoral system1       
,america's elections are woefully1      
inexcusably1 and unjustly not fully     
accessible to all voters2 ,whereas the  
,government ,accountability ,office     
found that #fe percent of voting        
stations had an accessible voting system
 that could impede the casting of a     
private and independent vote in #bjaf2  

,whereas despite the demonstrated       
investment of the disability community  
in elections1 people with disabilities  
continue to turn out to vote at a lower 
rate than their nondisabled peers2 and  
,whereas the ,school of ,management and 
,labor ,relations at ,rutgers           
,university found that voter turnout of 
people with disabilities lagged behind  
the nondisabled population by a         
difference of #f percentage points in   
#bjaf and #e4g percentage points in     
#bjab3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it 
is the sense of the ,house of           
,representatives that ,congress should  
enact the ,voters with ,disabilities    
,bill of ,rights to fulfill the promises
 of the ,americans ,with ,disabilities  
,act of #aiij and other civil rights    
laws which demand equal access to the   
ballot box for people with disabilities 
and to reaffirm and ensure that voters  
with disabilities have equal access to  
the ballot box1 including by the        
following3  7#a7 ,reaffirming the right 

to a private and independent vote4  7#b7
 ,reaffirming the right to equal access 
to voter registration4  7#c7            
,reaffirming the right to request       
accommodations and materials in         
accessible formats while voting4  7#d7  
,reaffirming the right to the assistant 
of his or her choice while voting1 with 
the exception of the voter's employer or
 union representative4  7#e7            
,reaffirming the right to an            
accommodation when waiting in line at a 
polling place4  7#f7 ,reaffirming the   
right to obtain new ballots for voters  
who make mistakes while filling out     
their ballots4  7#g7 ,ensuring the right
 to vote after the polls close if they  
are in line1 or waiting to vote         
curbside1 prior to the polls closing4   
7#h7 ,reaffirming the right to an       
accessible polling station4  7#i7       
,ensuring the right to vote while under 
guardianship4  7#aj7 ,ensuring the      
ability to report violations of their   
voting rights and advocate on problems  

they experienced while voting4  7#aa7   
,ensuring access to voting systems and  
materials in polling places that are    
accessible1 timely1 and well-maintained4