… undermine ballot access and trample on the Help America Vote act, which I also had the honor of sponsoring. The same principle just outlined about Olmstead applies here as well. It was never Congress's intent in writing the ADA that accommodating people with disabilities should be used as an excuse to limit America's right to vote. just as it should not be issuing a rule penalizing Americans with disabilities for living at home with their families and the caregivers and slashing Medicaid funding upon which so many in the disability community rely. (03:50–04:04)
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Asserts that Congress did not intend for the ADA to be used to limit voting rights.
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