Washington, Oct. 9 -- Congresswoman Lateefah Simon issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12) introduced two bills to reduce voting barriers by improving accessibility for voters, especially older Americans and people with disabilities, and bolster election security. She joined Reps. Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), and Jamie Raskin (MD-08) in introducing The Accessible Voting Act; and she joined Reps. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) in introducing The Dropbox Access Act.
The Accessible Voting Act would establish the Office of Accessibility within the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to oversee state and local elections to ensure that voter...