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Jury duty

I got a letter about posible jury duty. they have 2 parts that I am wondering about. One is that there is a question of "do I have a physical or mental disability that would interfere with or prevent you from serving as a juror" should I select yes to this? It is not fully controlled and I could have a seizure at any time does that count as a physical disability that could interfere? Another thing is an exemptions area. There are 2 answers "a person whose age or health would not allow them to serve" and "other" does epilepsy count? Does it fall in either of these areas?

  1. Hi there!

    I understand your concern. When I was called for jury duty and my epilepsy wasn't controlled. I was having twitches and jerks in my face.
    So I let them know what was going on. I was excused from having to go to jury duty.

    Derra Howard
    Epilepsy Team Member

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