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Just Vote Arizona! Disability Vote Coalition was launched on the recognition that there is a unity of purpose and shared goals within the disability community that supersedes ideology. Essential principles unite us as a community, including commitment to equal access and equal opportunities rather than exclusion and denial. An orientation towards self-direction and choice, and a firm belief that everyone should be given the tools they need to achieve self-empowerment, independence, and community inclusion. To achieve these goals, Just Vote Arizona! Disability Vote Coalition is designed to be a long term venture that mobilizes the disability community over time so that the democratic, societal impact of this community can be felt and heard. The tactics to reach these goals of visible societal participation are centered on the registration of community members to vote, significant efforts to encourage these community members to vote, and lastly, to measure the project’s success in both registration and voting mobilization efforts.

Voting promotes inclusion, independence and community participation. A successful, non-partisan, voter campaign leads to increased voter registration. Just Vote Arizona! Disability Vote Coalition was created to enumerate a constituency that is knowledgeable about, and directly affected by, relevant policy issues. This constituency can be mobilized to help get out the vote and educate others, and will be recognized by elected officials and policy makers as an important voting bloc in Arizona.

Recognizing this opportunity, as well as the need for a mobilized disability voting bloc, leaders throughout the Arizona disability community came together as a coalition to form Just Vote Arizona! Disability Vote Coalition.

Just Vote Arizona! Disability Vote Coalition (JVA) was created to maximize the voting strength of the disability community in Arizona. JVA sought to expand the involvement of people with disabilities and other community advocates across all levels of the election process, and thus, to better ensure that, when elected officials are responsive and sensitive to the needs of the disability community at a local, state, and national level.