Suffrage

Often we think about physical barriers, but there are consequences to those barriers as well. For instance, in this case, physical barriers have been shown to prevent certain citizens from voting - a right guaranteed by the constitution.

What are we preventing? What is simply not considered in the way that we build our cities? Those with disabilities are a minority - and, just as any other minority is at risk of prejudice, so are those with disabilities.

People with limited vision or mobility cannot utilize voting machines, machines cannot be accessed by those in wheelchairs. This cohort's voice has been robbed of them - their ability to cause change in their lives - through government - is cut off.

Much of the time, as one poller mentioned, it is about convenience. There are obstacles, physical "hoops" one must jump through. Voting is a unique right - it is essentially the right to create change. Therefore, for those who need change, those who live lives that could be opened greatly by change - voting is a necessity.