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MyVote accessibility upgrade draws applause

MyVote accessibility upgrade draws applause

The Washington State Elections Division is drawing acclaim for accessibility upgrades to the state’s popular online voter information tool called MyVote. Two of the nation’s leading election blogs called attention to the recent re-launch of the portal. Mindy Moretti over at ElectionlineWeekly called it “mobile-friendly, easy-to-use and, importantly, accessible.” She wrote that because the site was “already a pretty comprehensive personalized voter tool, the state didn’t need to expand any functionality and was instead able to focus on improving the…

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Military voting: `45 days to receive, mark & return’

Military voting: `45 days to receive, mark & return’

Doug Chapin, a nationally prominent, independent elections analyst, writes at electionline.org that the common thread for Washington and the four other states that got a federal waiver was that all meet the test of providing at least 45 days for military and overseas voters to “receive, mark and return” their ballots. Chapin writes: “Less than 45 days meant no waiver.” Washington and nine other states and territories requested waivers due to the short turnaround time between their late primaries and…

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