Alliance Alert: The Alliance is working with local League of Women Voters chapters in New York to get more people to candidate forums throughout the state to learn more about the positions for each person running in the distric. There is a forum for the 37th District New York State Senate race tonight at the White Plains Public Library Auditorium (100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601). NYS Senate District 37 covers the cities of New Rochelle, Yonkers, White Plains, and Rye and also includes the following villages and towns: Bronxville, Larchmont, Harrison, Mamaroneck, Port Chester, Rye Brook, Tuckahoe, Eastchester, Harrison, North Castle, Pound Ridge, and Scarsdale. The two candidates are Tricia S. Lindsay (Republican) and Shelley B. Mayer (Democrat).
The Alliance will continue to share information and resources as we get closer to electing day. For more voting information, check out a recent resource from Kasper Connects, Choiceheals.com. The site has compiled many helpful resources including information on registering to vote, educational materials, videos to help distill information quickly, and places to find details on your voting rights. See below to check out some of resources offered, including a recent webinar hosted by the Alliance and other statewide mental health groups in New York.
Voting is For All, Yes!
(A Project of Kasper Connects)
The following sites can be used to download registration forms from each state, learn how register and vote while in a hospital. There are videos that can be used in groups to discuss how to vote including rank voting, and messages from leaders including Pat Deegan. The last link from MHANYS is a comprehensive site of how to vote for peers in New York State. * If you have other voting resources to add, please let us know at ann@kasperconnects.com
Visit Choiceheals.com for more information as this website will be regularly updated with new information.
Voter Registration Information including Voters Who are in Mental Health Inpatient Settings
Anyone in a psychiatric facility in the United States is allowed to vote. Be aware that each state has different voter registration deadlines.
1. Voting in Your State (links to downloadable registration forms and information by each state):
2. Vote if you are a hospital patient (information for some states is not complete):
3. League of Women Voters – How to Volunteer to Help Voting
4. How to find your government representatives
5. Register to Vote (by State)
6. National Disability Rights Network Voting Info
7. Options for Healthy Voting
Defending Your Right to Vote
8. State Laws Affecting the Voting Rights of People with Mental Disabilities (Bazelon Center, 2020)
9. US Department of Justice Voting Info
10. American Civil Liberties Union, Voting Information Tool (searchable by state)
11. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Voter Education Subjects
1. The Electoral College, Simplfied
2. Mental Health America Voting Guide and Resources
3. Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Programs
Videos
1. What is Ranked Choice Voting?
2. Raising Our Voices: Voting and Civic Engagement in the Mental Health Community (The Alliance on Rights and Recovery /NY)
3. Vote Like Your Mental Health Depends on It Youth Election Town Hall
4. Chicago Newsroom 2.0 – Election Stress and Anxiety
5. Voting is My Voice – Pat Deegan
Specific Programs for Persons with Mental Health Lived Experience in New York State
1. MHANYS Lived Experience Voter Empowerment Project
2. Democracy Works includes links for registering to vote online, how to vote in different situations and more NY information.
New York Voter Registration Dates:
In-person at local election office , Online and By mail (received by) is Saturday, Oct 26, 2024.