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Voting Facts and Figures The gap between voting by people with disabilities and those without is closing but is still wide. In 2000, people with disabilities were on average about 12 percentage points less likely than those without disabilities to vote, after adjusting for differences in demographic characteristics (age, sex, race, education, and marital status). This was an improvement over the 1998 elections, in which people with disabilities were about 20 percentage points less likely than people without disabilities to vote (based on a similar survey following the 1998 elections). Voting by Absentee Ballot In the 2000 election, people with disabilities were almost twice as likely as other citizens to vote by absentee ballot. Among those who voted, 20% used an absentee ballot, compared to 11% of people without disabilities. Source: Voter Turnout, Voting Difficulties, And Disability In The 2000 Elections: Laying A Challenge At Democracy's Door By Lisa Schur, Douglas Kruse, Kay Schriner and Todd Shields How many people have a disability? The 2000 U.S. Census showed that 49.7 million people in the U. S. age 5 and over have a disability -- nearly 1 in 5 U.S. residents, or 19 percent. Source: US Census Bureau In Wisconsin , 11% of the population 21-64 years of age have a disability compared with 12.7% of the US Population. Source: American Community Survey 2005, US Census Bureau Wisconsin Voting Turnout Data In the presidential November of 2004, 70.7% of the voting age population (VAP) voted. This was the second highest turnout among all states, second only to Minnesota. Statewide in November 2006, 54.11% of the VAP voted. In April of 2007, about 21% of the VAP voted in the only statewide race, for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Source: US Census Bureau; The Shop Consulting Group |
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