@DrModa

Cultural Action Specialist, Fashion Theorist, Textile Studies

 Virginia, USA
Joined July 2009
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Virginia voters who are blind or otherwise visually impaired can now vote electronically. The state was forced to make the absentee ballot option for visually impaired voters last year in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. wric.com/news/politics/local…

Visually impaired Virginia voters can now vote electronically, privately

Virginia voters who are blind or otherwise visually impaired can now vote electronically

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Pandemic turns Americans into voting rights activists reut.rs/2G60jsi
Voting while blind has brought frustration, confusion, tears — and lots of legal fights across the country. It didn’t have to. washingtonpost.com/local/vot…

Perspective | Voting while blind has brought frustration, confusion, tears — and lots of legal...

The technology exists for people with visual disabilities to electronically vote from home, but the ability to do so differs from one state to the next. Virginia only started offering the option this...

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Tom Hals@tomhals27 Oct 2020
One of the voters leading the wave of election litigation
Reuters Legal@ReutersLegal27 Oct 2020
Reuters Legal talks to Regina Root, who successfully sued Virginia to include tech-assistance in voting for visually impaired citizens like her. Watch: reut.rs/2G60jsi
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Regina A. Root retweeted
Tom Hals@tomhals27 Oct 2020
The election might set a record for turnout. It's already set a record for the number of election lawsuits over everything from absentee ballot rules to drop box locations.
Reuters Legal@ReutersLegal27 Oct 2020
Regina Root was left visually impaired post a life saving brain surgery. Her election office in Virginia lacked a machine that would allow her to cast her vote without relying on her husband. She filed a lawsuit against the State and saw results. reut.rs/3muxZz4
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Reuters
@Reuters27 Oct 2020
Fear of the coronavirus has cast some Americans into an unfamiliar role: litigants in an unprecedented wave of court battles over voting procedures. @tomhals reports reut.rs/3e9g2Dy
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Disability Activists Have Taken Over Donald Trump’s Hashtag

This hashtag has taken on a whole new meaning.

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Wonderful sustainable fashion from Chile, congratulations los chicos del 12NA! 12-na.com/en/video/santiago-…
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The film about my past year will be available this Thanksgiving... Please share with all who need hope. Trailer at youtube.com/watch?v=HN0DVNoH…
Oct 1 deadline for the Textile Society of America conference in Savannah in 2016: textilesocietyofamerica.org/…
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