Equal Access: How to Include Persons with Disabilities in Elections and Political Processes This manual tells you about the ways that people with disabilities can take part in elections and politics. This manual explains how taking part in politics can help people with disabilities to influence policies that are important to their lives. Policies are action plans that the government carries out. One of the ways that people with disabilities take part in politics is when they vote in elections. Voting gives people with disabilities a stronger political voice. People with disabilities who vote in elections show the public that they are equal citizens. This manual outlines the challenges that people with disabilities face when they take part in politics. This manual gives ideas about how to address these challenges.