Resolution 2025-2: Accessible Voting

Iowa Council

of the United Blind

Resolution 2025-2

Subject:  Accessible Voting

​Whereas, the right to vote is a right of every citizen of the state of Iowa regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, or educational attainments; and

Whereas, the right to vote independently and confidentially is a nonnegotiable cornerstone of democratic government as currently understood in the United States; and  

Whereas, Iowa’s citizenship includes those who are blind and those who are physically disabled; and

Whereas, all citizens, no matter their choice of voting method, must be guaranteed an independent, secret and confidential ballot; and

Whereas, citizens should not be deprived of the right to vote in whatever way they choose, whether in person or by absentee ballot; and

Whereas, accessible electronic absentee ballots now in use have not been shown to compromise the security of the voting process; and

Whereas, astronauts and military personnel already exercise the right to vote by electronic absentee ballot; and

Whereas, states such as Colorado, New Mexico, and North Carolina have passed legislation allowing voters to vote via electronic absentee ballots.

Now therefore be it resolved by the Iowa Council of the United Blind in convention assembled this twenty-third day of August, 2025, in the city ofUrbandale, Iowa, that, in their next session, the Iowa House and Senate pass legislation allowing Iowans who are blind or otherwise disabled to vote by filling out an accessible electronic web-based absentee ballot; and

Be it further resolved that the president of ICUB share this resolution with Iowa’s legislators, governor, and secretary of state before the next legislative session begins in January 2026.