Presidential Debates Often Fail Deaf Voters. SignVote Hopes to Change That

How would you vote if you couldn't even understand what the candidates were saying?

Imagine if you tried to watch tonight’s presidential debate but couldn’t understand what was being said. Now imagine if, after several such debates, you went to the polls and found that your questions couldn’t be answered because no one spoke your native language.

For some deaf Americans, this is what elections are like. But SignVote, a new digital campaign from Communication Service for the Deaf, aims to change that and make the voting process genuinely accessible to those for whom American

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