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Resources by Detroit Disability Power both for election workers to ensure their polling places are accessible, as well as for voters themselves.  

Assessing Polling Place Accessibility

This guide explains what to look for when assessing accessibility at a polling place. It is made available to partner organizations to enhance the ability of their election observers and challengers to evaluate accessibility features as part of their existing program. 

Ensuring an Accessible Polling Place On Election Day

Clerks, Precinct Chairs and/or poll workers should review accessibility at their site before the polls open. Follow the path a voter with a disability would take, from the parking lot through the accessible entrance to the voting area. Test all accessibility features (push buttons, elevators, lifts). Look for the barriers below. Fix what you can with the tools and supplies on hand. Report what you cannot fix. 

Voter Toolkit for Polling Place Accessibility

Every voter deserves equal, independent access to the polls. Polling places in Michigan are required by law to be physically accessible and to provide accessible voting equipment, but the reality on Election Day often falls short of what the law requires. This toolkit gives you everything you need to evaluate the accessibility of your polling place and to take action on what you find.