Sen. Herb Kohl, D-WI, will hold a hearing on Jan. 31 for older voters, with a specific focus on states participating in the upcoming Super Tuesday primaries. Kohl is chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.
The committee will explore issues of voter accessibility and spotlight concerns that the Voter ID law before the Supreme Court could disproportionately disenfranchise seniors. Older voters are politically-active, particularly during primary elections. During last week’s Nevada primary, 45 percent of the Republican vote and 36 percent of the Democratic vote was comprised of those 60 or older.
The hearing will include discussion of issues surrounding senior transportation and mobility, ballot design, and poll site accessibility for the disabled; an overview of which Super Tuesday states have guidelines to facilitate voting in long-term care settings, which do not, and the resulting implications; and how the Voter ID law unduly burdens seniors and why it should be overturned.
The hearing starts at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. A webcast of the hearing will be available HERE.
No comments:
Post a Comment