Disenfranchised For Disabilities: Arizona’s Guardianship Law Is a Voting Rights Nightmare

Image caption: A voter drops off her ballot at a drop box in Arizona. Image credit: Matt York / AP. Article by Julia Métraux. Mother Jones – June 6, 2024.

When Becky King’s daughter Beth Papp turned 18, she couldn’t register to vote in her home state of Arizona. Five years later, she still can’t. Papp is autistic and nonspeaking; when she was in her teenage years, King was advised that placing her daughter under full legal guardianship, a process she applied for when Papp was 17, was the right thing to do. […]

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