The Franklin County
Board of Elections, Columbus, Ohio has announced that it has shared its award-winning computer
application with the Iowa Secretary of State’s office.
The Iowa Secretary of
State’s office thanked both the Franklin County Board of Elections and Ohio
Secretary of State’s office for their generosity in sharing the application
with them.
The Iowa effort to improve
voter accessibility with the help of the Franklin County app has been
recognized as a finalist for the 2017 Ideas Award by the National Association
of Secretaries of State.
The Franklin County
application was such a success that it was nominated and won The Election
Center 2015 Professional Practices Independence Award-Voting Accessibility Innovation.
The software app will ensure that polling places comply with the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA). All of Iowa’s ninety-nine county’s will use the ADA
checklist program app on computer tablets to guarantee voter accessibility.
“We are quite proud of
the work that our team here at the Board of Elections has done to develop and share
this software tool that is designed to improve the accessibility of our voting
locations to those with physical disabilities,” said Ed Leonard, Director of
the Board of Elections (BOE).
Election officials can
use the app to determine if polling places have required accessibility features
to be compliant with the ADA. The app provides a checklist that officials can
navigate through to survey the polling places.
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