Voting Rights and the 2020 Elections

2020 Presidential Primary Candidate Survey on Disability

In an effort to inform individuals with disabilities about the 2020 presidential primary candidates, organizations throughout New Hampshire that advocate for the rights and full inclusion of people with disabilities surveyed 2020 Presidential Primary Candidates on key issues relating to disability. This year’s non-partisan, five question survey was endorsed by 24 organizations serving many of the over 280,000 people with disabilities in our state.

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Disability Unscripted: 2020 Candidates on Inclusion & Accessibility

During this presidential primary season, staff at Disability Rights Center – New Hampshire (DRC-NH) are birddogging candidates on issues relating to disability, campaign inclusion and accessibility. In Disability Unscripted: 2020 Candidates on Inclusion & Accessibility viewers can watch candidates’ candid, unscripted video responses to questions on these critical issues.

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            [resource] => Creating an Accessible Political Campaign: Practical Tips for Reaching Voters who have Disabilities

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            [resource] => American Association of People with Disabilities’ RevUp Campaign: Register, Educate, Vote, Use your Power

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            [resource] => Time.com: None of the 2020 Presidential Candidates’ Websites Are Fully Accessible to Disabled Voters

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            [resource] => The RespectAbility Report

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            [resource] => ThinkProgress: The 2018 election highlighted the good news — and the bad — facing voters with disabilities

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            [resource] => The Hill: 2020 Democrats put spotlight on disabilities issues

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            [resource] => Candidate Tweets on the ADA Anniversary (compiled by #CripTheVote’s @AndrewPulrang)

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            [resource] => Keene Sentinel: Candidates tout inclusiveness, court all voters … except these

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            [resource] => Time.com: Voter Turnout Surged Among People With Disabilities Last Year. Activists Want to Make Sure That Continues in 2020

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            [resource] => Andrew Pulrang: Here’s Some Free Advice for Presidential Candidates on How to Talk About Disability

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Information and Resources

USNews: O’Rourke: People With Disabilities Will Help Lead Campaign

Creating an Accessible Political Campaign: Practical Tips for Reaching Voters who have Disabilities

American Association of People with Disabilities’ RevUp Campaign: Register, Educate, Vote, Use your Power

Time.com: None of the 2020 Presidential Candidates’ Websites Are Fully Accessible to Disabled Voters

The RespectAbility Report

ThinkProgress: The 2018 election highlighted the good news — and the bad — facing voters with disabilities

The Hill: 2020 Democrats put spotlight on disabilities issues

Candidate Tweets on the ADA Anniversary (compiled by #CripTheVote’s @AndrewPulrang)

Keene Sentinel: Candidates tout inclusiveness, court all voters … except these

Time.com: Voter Turnout Surged Among People With Disabilities Last Year. Activists Want to Make Sure That Continues in 2020

Andrew Pulrang: Here’s Some Free Advice for Presidential Candidates on How to Talk About Disability

Get Involved

Do you want to ask a candidate a disability-related question but don’t know where to start?

You are welcome to use our questions:

With one in five Americans, including nineteen percent of likely voters, experiencing a disability…

What efforts are you making to reach out and employ those with disabilities in your campaign?
What efforts will you make to employ those with disabilities in your administration?
What efforts are you taking to ensure that your campaign events are accessible to people with disabilities?

Or focus on an issue that is of importance to you and your family:

Provide a short fact or statistic about the issue and then follow it with a short, specific question.

Have you asked a candidate a disability-related question? Let us know how it went at mail@drcnh.org.

Our Process

Although we would like to question/survey every candidate, with hundreds already registered to run, we simply do not have the resources to do so. Therefore, we are focusing our efforts on candidates who appear on the NYT’s Whose Running for President in 2020? list. Our focus on these candidates is not related to the candidacy or campaign of any individual candidate. It is a process that allows us to set reasonable limits given our limited resources.

Disability Unscripted: Although we would like to question every candidate (and potential candidate) who visits the Granite State, given our staff and resources, we are focusing on candidates who appear on the NYT list who hold smaller campaign events in and around the Concord, NH area. We are using the NECN Campaign Tracker and word of mouth to keep up to date with campaign stops. Check out our Disability Unscripted Campaign Event Schedule page for more detailed information about which events our staff attended.

2020 Presidential Primary Candidate Survey on Disability: We contacted and followed up with each campaign appearing on the NYT list at least three times as our contacts allowed (website portal, outreach to state political party, current office phone, campaign staff email/phone etc..)

For more information about our voting rights work and funding, visit our voting rights page.

Disclaimer

The Disability Rights Center-NH is recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and any videos and/or survey responses posted here are not intended to endorse or oppose any candidate for elected public office. Our goal is to make nonpartisan, impartial information available to New Hampshire voters with disabilities.