Pennsylvania: many polling places in Washington Co. still inaccessible
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: Sixty-four percent of 141 polling places in Washington County surveyed last summer by the Tri-County Patriots for Independent Living were found to be inaccessible to the disabled.
Results of the survey were given to county Elections Director Larry Spahr last month, said Bob Romero, membership director of the organization, which also is known as TRIPIL.
But on Election Day, the disabled still found inaccessible polls or poll workers inexperienced in dealing with disabled voters.
Mr. Spahr said he visited each of the county's 168 polling places and acknowledged the county's obligation under the Help America Vote Act to make a good-faith effort to find polling places for the disabled and the elderly. -- Group pushes for handicap poll access