Event Highlights Voting Rights for the Disabled

Published: Aug. 6, 2010, 4 a.m.

Before 2007, people with disabilities who had been appointed a full legal guardian by a court could not vote. Since the ban has been lifted, judges must make a separate decision on whether a person loses their voting rights. Now, many disabled individuals, from those with physical and mental handicaps, to those with mental illnesses, are petitioning to get their rights back. Angela Hatton reports . . .