Who Is “Mentally Fit” to Vote?

The NY Times has this report on states grappling with the question of when, if ever, people with mental impairments should be disqualified from voting. This issue was addressed at a March symposium hosted by the ABA’s Commission on Law and Aging, the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging, and McGeorge School of Law, entited “Facilitating Voting as People Age: Implications of Cognitive Impairment.” Contributions to the symposium, including one by Ruth Colker and me on absentee voting, will be published in the McGeorge Law Review.

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