Bebe Novich is an attorney serving as the Senior Attorney for Voting Rights for Equip for Equality, which is the Illinois state Protection and Advocacy Service for individuals with disabilities. Ms. Novich began her career in disability rights enforcement in 1992 as a Trial Attorney with the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, investigating and litigating cases under Titles I, II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. From 1996 to 2005, she created and directed the United States Attorney Program for ADA enforcement, where she supervised ADA cases being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys nationwide. Following her work for the Justice Department, Ms. Novich moved to Chicago and served as the first Director of ADA Policy for the Chicago Public Schools, the 3rd largest school district in the United States. She has been with Equip for Equality since 2017, where she has worked on issues involving voting rights of people with disabilities, including physical access to polling places and ensuring vote by mail is accessible to people who have print disabilities.

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