LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the District of Nevada and the Clark County Election Division reached an settlement after a compliance assessment discovered a number of polling websites with bodily obstacles in the course of the Nevada major election.
The settlement stems from the U.S.’s investigation into Clark County’s compliance with Title II of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination on the idea of incapacity by a state or native authorities in any of its packages or providers.
The settlement is ready to final by way of the 2026 and 2028 election cycles.
On June 11 in the course of the Nevada major election, a compliance assessment of eight Clark County polling websites was performed by bodily surveys. Throughout the surveys, the U.S. discovered a number of bodily obstacles together with lacking van-accessible parking and signage, steep ramps and abrupt stage modifications at walkways and entrance doorways.
The county made short-term changes to repair the problems forward of the 2024 basic election.
Beneath the settlement, the county will get technical help from an accessibility professional and use an analysis kind for every present and potential polling place based mostly on ADA architectural requirements. The Clark County Election Division will even survey polling areas for accessibility all through the time period of the settlement and when deciding on future polling websites, the county will be certain that new areas are ADA-accessible. The US Lawyer’s Workplace will monitor the settlement and supply technical help. Clark County will even practice ballot employees on the County’s obligations underneath the ADA.
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“Voting is a fundamental right and the ADA guarantees that every person with a disability has an equal opportunity to exercise that right and cast their ballot in person and independently,” Sue Fahami, First Assistant United States Lawyer, District of Nevada, mentioned. “We commend Clark County for its willingness to work collaboratively with the United States Attorney’s Office to achieve this goal.”
The investigation was a part of the Division of Justice’s ADA Voting Initiative, which focuses on defending the voting rights of people with disabilities throughout the nation.
