They showed up to vote. The polling place wasn't ready for them

Nearly 1 in 3 voting-age Michiganders has a disability. The law guarantees them equal access to the polls, but a new Detroit Disability Power report finds that only 10% of metro Detroit polling places met basic accessibility standards in 2025 — and the number has dropped every year since the audits began.

Detroit Disability Power advocacy director Eric Welsby and artist and auditor Bakpak Durden join host Robyn Vincent to talk about what they found on the ground, what it costs disabled voters when the system fails them, and what it would actually take to fix it.

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