WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.400 --> 00:00:03.690 This video was produced to help 2 00:00:03.690 --> 00:00:05.140 people with disabilities 3 00:00:05.460 --> 00:00:07.090 understand and get around the 4 00:00:07.090 --> 00:00:09.040 barriers to being able to vote 5 00:00:09.040 --> 00:00:10.410 privately and independently. 6 00:00:11.570 --> 00:00:13.300 Problem. You don't know how to 7 00:00:13.300 --> 00:00:14.850 get support to learn about 8 00:00:14.850 --> 00:00:15.220 voting. 9 00:00:16.290 --> 00:00:18.530 There's a election going on in a 10 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:20.450 couple week. How are you going 11 00:00:20.500 --> 00:00:22.890 to vote? Are you registered, uh, 12 00:00:23.340 --> 00:00:25.620 to vote? I haven't done it in a 13 00:00:25.750 --> 00:00:26.060 long time. 14 00:00:27.190 --> 00:00:29.810 I love to vote. It feels good to 15 00:00:29.810 --> 00:00:32.960 know that I like a candidate and 16 00:00:33.070 --> 00:00:35.290 often that cares about the 17 00:00:35.350 --> 00:00:36.770 things that I care about. 18 00:00:37.570 --> 00:00:40.240 Besides, if you don't vote, you 19 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:43.220 can't complain. And you know how 20 00:00:43.220 --> 00:00:44.400 much I love to complain. 21 00:00:46.180 --> 00:00:48.060 Just seems so hard. There's so 22 00:00:48.060 --> 00:00:50.610 much that's on the ballot. It 23 00:00:50.660 --> 00:00:52.540 would be really confusing. I 24 00:00:52.540 --> 00:00:53.520 think I'm going to need some 25 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:53.890 help. 26 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:57.120 What would you do? 27 00:01:01.750 --> 00:01:04.660 One possible solution. Call 28 00:01:04.660 --> 00:01:06.330 local disability rights groups 29 00:01:06.350 --> 00:01:08.540 or election groups. Look up 30 00:01:08.600 --> 00:01:10.690 information on the Internet or 31 00:01:10.690 --> 00:01:11.940 attend a candidate debate. 32 00:01:12.770 --> 00:01:16.110 It's OK to be scared if you...if 33 00:01:16.110 --> 00:01:20.210 you never been, um...never been 34 00:01:20.750 --> 00:01:24.380 voting before. When you vote a 35 00:01:25.270 --> 00:01:27.530 few more times, it'll get easier. 36 00:01:28.380 --> 00:01:31.300 Every election, my lo-, my local 37 00:01:31.670 --> 00:01:33.680 self-educate group get together 38 00:01:33.790 --> 00:01:35.710 and we talk about things that's 39 00:01:35.820 --> 00:01:37.950 on the ballot. The, uh, ladies 40 00:01:38.050 --> 00:01:40.590 come and they talk them. Next 41 00:01:40.720 --> 00:01:42.840 time, won't you come and join me 42 00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:45.720 with my self-educate group? 43 00:01:46.090 --> 00:01:47.720 Yeah, that sounds like fun. 44 00:01:48.570 --> 00:01:52.550 I like to watch the debates on 45 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:55.930 TV with my family. I get a lot 46 00:01:56.150 --> 00:01:59.340 of, lots of information and lots 47 00:01:59.430 --> 00:02:02.500 of issues about the candidates. 48 00:02:03.340 --> 00:02:06.350 Would you like to watch it with 49 00:02:06.500 --> 00:02:06.800 me? 50 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:08.840 Ooh. I can eat some popcorn. 51 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.130 Sometimes, I go to the, your 52 00:02:13.350 --> 00:02:16.490 voter website a-, and AAPD 53 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:20.900 website to get information. I 54 00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:25.110 also go to the cand-, candidates 55 00:02:25.370 --> 00:02:27.200 first and see what kind of 56 00:02:27.200 --> 00:02:29.110 issues they are talking about 57 00:02:29.650 --> 00:02:30.570 that's important to me. 58 00:02:30.990 --> 00:02:33.500 Thank you. Those are really some 59 00:02:33.500 --> 00:02:37.220 really great ideas. I really am 60 00:02:37.220 --> 00:02:39.230 excited to learn about voting. 61 00:02:39.230 --> 00:02:39.530