Happy #ToolThursday! Today I& #39;m looking at ballot drop box and early vote locations in DC! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗳️" title="Wahlurne mit Stimmzettel" aria-label="Emoji: Wahlurne mit Stimmzettel">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗳️" title="Wahlurne mit Stimmzettel" aria-label="Emoji: Wahlurne mit Stimmzettel">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗳️" title="Wahlurne mit Stimmzettel" aria-label="Emoji: Wahlurne mit Stimmzettel"> https://apps.urban.org/features/equity-data-tool/index.html#">https://apps.urban.org/features/...

Residents can use the geographic distribution map to advocate for additional locations in the clusters of orange neighborhoods that are underrepresented by early vote/drop box locations and residents may have to travel further to vote early.

We also see that residents with a disability and seniors are overrepresented by drop boxes/early voting locations - this could be intentional in DC& #39;s placement of these resources since those populations can face additional barriers to traveling to early vote locations

Equitable access to voting locations is essential to democracy - and we hope people use the Spatial Equity Data Tool to examine access in their community. And if you need to find how/where you can vote early, here& #39;s a great place to start: https://www.vote.org/early-voting-calendar/">https://www.vote.org/early-vot...

The DC early vote and drop box location data can be found here: https://opendata.dc.gov/search?q=vote 

And">https://opendata.dc.gov/search... if you are using the tool/have feedback, we& #39;d love to hear about it!