In Pulaski County

All polling locations will have the accessible, touchscreen voting device. This device will allow those that are blind or that have a visual impairment to vote independently via an audio ballot. If a person has another issue, like illiteracy, they can also use the audio ballot to vote by themselves. The voter can also bring an assistant or can ask for assistance at the polls. If they ask for assistance, two poll workers will help them in casting their ballot. For voters that have a physical disability that prevents them from standing in line, they can ask to be moved to the front of the line or can ask for a chair. Voters that are hearing impaired can indicate that to the poll worker checking them in and they can correspond by putting things in writing. The check-in clerks should have a scratch pad or will have access to one. 

In Arkansas

Arkansas law does ensure that voter with disabilities have every right and privilege that a non-disabled voter has afforded to them. First, every polling place or vote center in the State of Arkansas must be compliant and adhere to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Second, all voting equipment utilized in the state is also ADA compliant, complete with braille touch pads, audio capabilities, and a sip and puff hookup for voters that may be paraplegic or quadriplegic.

Third, any voter may request that they be sent an absentee ballot for various reasons; one of them being that the voter is unavoidably absent from their polling site during early voting or election day.

Excerpts from Arkansas Law