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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Standup - Disability Votes People that identify themselves as having a disability (physically or mentally) gather with their care-givers at the Assiniboine Park to attend an event to teach them about their right to vote Thursday. Photo of Kirsten Claydon with her mom Wendy Preteau learning about her right to vote with advisor Branden Defoort at a mock election booth at Assiniboine Park Thursday. Disability Matters Vote is a non-partisan public awareness campaign. This campaign is a joint initiative of Abilities Manitoba and Barrier Free Manitoba with these goals: To ensure all Manitobans with disabilities can participate fully in election activities, to ensure those who are eligible to vote can do so, to promote priority attention for disability issues in the election and to support Manitobans with disabilities in making informed voting decisions. Standup photos only July 4th, 2019