If anyone has been reading this column with any regularity, then you know my passion in this whole disability deal is the American citizen’s right to vote. Statistically, one in five people in this country have a disability. Not all disabilities prevent one from voting, but I’d hazard a guess that probably one-third of the population who identify themselves as having a disability (there is a huge chunk of folks who do not) don’t vote. First, let’s even the playing field and assume everyone can get to the polling place. Rural as we are here, that’s a toughie for everyone — so let’s just say everyone that is eligible to vote gets to where they need to be. One would think that once a voter gets to the polling site they are home free due to a variety of federal laws! The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984 requires polling places across the United States to be physically accessible to people with disabilities for federal elections.