The civil liberties forum panel addressed contemporary voting rights controversies involving people with disabilities on the occasion of CDSs 25-year anniversary.

At two civil liberties events hosted by CDS to mark its 25-year anniversary, elections and disability rights experts ripped the pervasive injustices and inadequate accommodations that suppress voting and political engagement among people with disabilities in the U.S. and around the world. The experts, including a Stanford Law School professor, Delaware's attorney general and three leaders from Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organizations, cited physical barriers, poll workers' lack of knowledge, decades-old prejudices and poor enforcement of voting rights legislation, among other factors. They suggested that educating election officials, raising disability awareness and boosting political participation could increase the presence and sway of people with disabilities in elections.