Press Release

Disability Rights Center to staff Help Line for voters with disabilities

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Disability Rights Center announced that it will staff a statewide Help Line for voters with disabilities on Election Day 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6. The Help Line will provide callers with information regarding the rights of voters with disabilities, access issues at polling places and will provide immediate assistance to voters with disabilities.

The Disability Rights Center Help Line is at 800-452-1948 (Voice/TTY).

The Help Line is part of the center’s Help America Vote Act initiative to promote the voting rights of people with disabilities, through efforts to provide training and information, surveying polling places for access problems, and working collaboratively with towns and cities to ensure full access and the removal of barriers to voting for Maine citizens with disabilities.