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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin-left:.5in'>An accessible absentee ballot is crucial for blind and disabled Iowa voters, advocates say — especially in COVID-19 era <o:p></o:p></p><p>Advocat es say absentee ballot inaccessibility has always been a disability rights issue but that due to COVID-19, the conversation is even more critical now.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Check out this story on amestrib.com: <a href="https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/2020/10/08/iowa-election-blind-disabled-voters-advocate-demand-accessibility-absentee-ballots-covid-19-risk/5892860002/">https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/2020/10/08/iowa-election-blind-disabled-voters-advocate-demand-accessibility-absentee-ballots-covid-19-risk/5892860002/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>