PwDs Vote

Project of @Respect_Ability to promote nonpartisan conversation advancing voting rights & political participation of ppl w disabilities, run by @LaurenAppelbaum

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45M+ ppl need to update voter registration between presidential elections. Don’t wait! Be #VoteReady! Register on #NationalVoterRegistrationDay! https://t.co/0ljdQqBvYE #PwDsVote #CripTheVote

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Although their disability employment rate is 26th in the nation, Oregon lost more than 9,000 jobs for people with disabilities last year. @Respect_Ability discussed with @OregonGovBrown how to turn that around while at #NGA2019. #WeTheStates #PwDsVote

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Despite having 19,745 new jobs for people w disabilities, California is 35th in the country for disability employment. Our @Respect_Ability team spoke w @GavinNewsom about how to continue creating employment opportunities for people w disabilities #NGA2019 #WeTheStates #PwDsVote

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Thank you @GovPhilScott for meeting w @Respect_Ability's Policy Director Philip Kahn-Pauli at #NGA2019. Vermont is 6th in country for employment of people with disabilities. Scott also completed the #PwDsVote disability questionnaire in 2016: https://t.co/7557CoSuD4 #WeTheStates

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Maryland @GovLarryHogan spoke with members of the @Respect_Ability team about ensuring Marylanders with disabilities have real opportunities for employment, education and inclusion while at #NGA2019. #WeTheStates #PwDsVote

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Thanks to @AsaHutchinson for talking about the importance of employment opportunities for people with disabilities with @Respect_Ability Chair Steve Bartlett at #NGA2019. #WeTheStates #PwDsVote

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At #NGA2019 the @Respect_Ability team met with Washington @GovInslee to talk about employment for people with disabilities. @JayInslee #WeTheStates #PwDsVote

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Thanks to Wyoming @GordonGovernor for talking about the importance of including people with disabilities in the workforce with the @Respect_Ability team. #NGA2019 #WeTheStates

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Thanks to North Dakota Gov. @DougBurgum for meeting with the @Respect_Ability team to talk about importance of inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce. #NGA2019 #WeTheStates #PwDsVote

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Thank you @GovernorBullock of Montana and #NGA2019 Chair for talking about jobs for people with disabilities with @Respect_Ability's Philip Kahn-Pauli. Important to note he also completed the #PwDsVote 2016 disability issues questionnaire:
https://t.co/mxyQMbHIP5 #WeTheStates

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Thank you @jaredpolis for not only completing the 2018 #PwDsVote Disability Questionnaire (https://t.co/5DgnBrEs56) but also for meeting with @Respect_Ability to talk about disability inclusion further! #NGA2019 #WeTheStates

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On Friday @JBPritzker met with @Respect_Ability staff at #NGA2019, talking about employment opportunities for people with disabilities. He also completed the 2018 #PwDsVote disability issues questionnaire: https://t.co/yj5eKxbwAK. #WeTheStates

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On Friday the @Respect_Ability team met with @JohnCarneyDE at #NGA2019. Important to know he completed the disability issues questionnaire in 2016:
https://t.co/7CKykkYqe4. #PwDsVote #WeTheStates

[Lauren Appelbaum @laurenappelbaum]

Words heard during #KlobucharTownHall: Down syndrome, diabetes, alcoholism, addiction, autism - during similar 2016 town halls on both sides of aisle, this didn't occur. Hoping all 2020 candidates include people with disabilities in remarks! #PwDsVote #CripTheVote #DisabilityVote

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“Minnesota has a lot of great treatment that I want to bring to the entire country so everyone has this great treatment” - @amyklobuchar on alcoholism and drug addiction during #KlobucharTownHall

#PwDsVote #CripTheVote #DisabilityVote

[Lauren Appelbaum @laurenappelbaum]

In responding to ? about "Medicare for all," @amyklobuchar talked about importance of Affordable Care Act covering pre-existing conditions, citing example of a young boy with Down syndrome she met last summer. #PwDsVote #CripTheVote #DisabilityVote

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Watching @donlemon on @CNN in hopes that @amyklobuchar will include people with disabilities in her remarks. People with disabilities vote! #IncludeUs #KlobucharTownHall #PwDsVote #CripTheVote

[Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf]

@MaryC_mlc4123 @coastermanokc @pwdsvote @NatRCPD @GaelynnLea @FreeWheelinMe @SpoonieQ @writing1977 @palm_fox @UntoNuggan You’ve been quoted in my #Wakelet collection "#CripTheVote Snapshot of the disability community #Midterms2018". Check it out: https://t.co/7i8RMW2EU6

[Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf]

@pwdsvote @NatRCPD @GaelynnLea @FreeWheelinMe @SpoonieQ @writing1977 @palm_fox @UntoNuggan @Stephen_Weisser @BionicTweed You’ve been quoted in my #Wakelet collection "#CripTheVote Snapshot of the disability community #Midterms2018". Check it out: https://t.co/7i8RMW2EU6

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Don't forget that if you are in line when the polls close, you still have the right to vote. Don't get discouraged if you find a long line after work!

#IVoted #Midterm2018