Excerpt from: NJ Today (click for full article)
The Election Day turnout by CAU members followed a get-out-the-vote campaign held at the agency. The campaign was spearheaded by the New American Movement for People with Disabilities (NAMPWD), an advocacy group within CAU that promotes social, political and economic equality for all citizens.
CAU held information meetings and invited representatives from the Union County Board of Elections to speak about registering and voting. NAMPWD created a voting booklet for members covering such topics as how to register, poll locations, challenges members might encounter voting and the importance of voting. Members received email alerts about the registration deadline and members called fellow members to remind them to vote on Election Day.
Sid Katz is one of the leaders of NAMPWD. He voted for the first time in 1968 at the age of 18. A person with disabilities, Katz paid close attention to the presidential campaign in 1964 and noted that neither candidate talked about issues of concern to people with disabilities.
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