We estimate that 27 percent of polling places had no features that might impede access to the voting area for people with disabilities–up from 16 percent in 2000; 45 percent of the polling places had potential impediments but offered curbside voting; and the remaining 27 percent of polling places had potential impediments and did not offer curbside voting. While the percent of polling places with multiple impediments decreased significantly from 2000, still a fair number–16 percent–had four or more potential impediments in 2008. The most significant reduction since 2000 was that potential impediments at building entrances–such as narrow doorways–decreased from 59 percent to 25 percent.
