What's wrong with this picture? Looks like nothing's wrong. But looks can be deceiving.
I took this photo coming out of my polling place. It's a flat entrance. Once you get in, it's all flat. It's flat all the way to where you vote.
The problem? The doors. They are so incredibly heavy I had a really hard time opening them. When I went in, I held the door open for an older lady using a walker. She was "frail": no way she'd've been able to pull the door open.
And forget it if you in a wheelchair.
Is this polling site accessible? No.
But the officials certainly think it is.
Where is this? It's at a church; but it's such a typical problem that this photo could serve for countless other polling sites. When we talk about 'access' we need to consider what we really mean.
