by MIRS
ID: Photo of Marguerite Maddox and her service dog outside the polling place that had her wait two hours to vote.
"Because her cerebral palsy impairs her ability to write, 68-year-old Marguerite Maddox planned on using the voter assist terminal (VAT) on Election Day. But when she arrived at her polling location, around 3:03 p.m., the device had not been prepared to accommodate her. About an hour later, the poll workers had the VAT ready to be used. By the time Maddox sat down, her walker and service dog at her side, more than 300 residents had already voted in her Detroit precinct. But when the VAT did not print her ballot out on double-sided paper, the tabulating machine did not accept it."
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