THANK YOU, Aging Ahead clients, for taking our Barriers to Voting Survey. Your responses provided valuable information about how Aging Ahead can help you exercise your right to vote. We are happy to report that many of you selected “I have no barriers to vote.” If that ever changes, please know that you can call Aging Ahead, and we are happy to assist you.
The most common barrier, selected by 43% of respondents, was “It’s a challenge for me to walk or stand at my polling place.” This was corroborated by the number of clients who spoke with us at the in-person Voter Information and Registration Events about this issue.
GOOD NEWS! There is a possible solution for many of you with this challenge and voting offices encourage voters to take advantage of it! Missouri law mandates that registered voters with a permanent disability must be allowed to join the Permanently Disabled Voting List so they can vote at home. Please note: a ‘permanent disability’ can simply be you cannot stand it line, you no longer drive and cannot make it to a polling location, it’s hard for you to walk, etc. This is very different than the requirements for Social Security Disability! Once you are akked to this list, you will receive an Absentee Ballot Application by mail prior to each election. You may fill out that Absentee Ballot Application and subsequent Absentee Ballot and mail them in – none of these documents require notarization.
To find request an application to vote absentee o1n a permanent basis and be placed on the Permanently Disabled List in your county, please call your local election office or use the link below:
St. Louis County—(314) 615-1800/Stlouisco.com
St. Charles County—Sccmo.org
Jefferson County—(636) 797-5486/Jeffcomo.org
Franklin County—(636) 583-6355/Franklinmo.gov