Ohioans invited to share voting stories during U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Committee meetings

February 27, 2018 / voting

The Ohio Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is currently conducting a study of voting rights in Ohio and asked Disability Rights Ohio to share our voting concerns impacting people with disabilities. The Committee has scheduled two online public meetings Friday, March 2 and Friday, March 9. Kerstin Sjoberg-Witt, Director of Advocacy at Disability Rights Ohio, will be presenting during the March 2 hearing, along with Daniel Tokaji, Associate Dean of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, and Catherine Turcer, Executive Director of Common Cause Ohio.

At the end of each meeting, the public will be invited to share their stories, as time allows. The participation information for each meeting can be found below. To see and hear the meeting, you must connect to both the visual feed online and the audio feed by phone.

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, March 2
Register to connect to the visual feed for this meeting
Public Call-In Number: 877-741-4240; Conference ID: 7829359
Federal Relay Service for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 800-877-8339 and provide the call-in number and conference ID

Noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 9
Register to connect to the visual feed for this meeting
Public Call-In Number: 877-718-5095; Conference ID: 6801605
Federal Relay Service for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 800-877-8339 and provide the call-in number and conference ID

You can also submit written comments within 30 days of the meetings:

By mail:
Regional Programs Unit Office
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
55 W. Monroe St., Suite 410
Chicago, IL 60615

Fax: 312-353-8324
Email: Carolyn Allen, callen@usccr.gov
For questions call 312-353-8311

The Ohio Committee will be issuing a report to the Commission after all testimony has been received.