Understanding Voting Barriers to Access for Americans with Low Literacy Skills

Autor: Joel Stevenson, Caitlin Rinn, Rachel Sherard, Jaime Lee, Jonathan Langford, Kathryn Summers, Emily Rhodes
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN: 9783319586397
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58640-3_21
Popis: For our democracy to be truly representative, all adults who wish to vote need to be able to vote successfully and independently. But 42% of adult Americans read at Basic or Below Basic levels, according to the National Adult Literacy Survey, and PEW research shows that citizens with lower literacy levels vote at much lower rates than citizens with higher literacy levels. Similarly, adults with disabilities vote at much lower rates than adults without disabilities. Prior research has identified some of the barriers that affect voting access for adults with disabilities; this in-depth ethnographic study explores the barriers that affect voting access for adults with lower literacy skills. Understanding these barriers sheds light on the human implications of current voting system controversies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE