[Colorado-talk] ALERT, ALERT, ALERT, ALERT!!!! NFB VOTING RIGHTS BILL ON THE MOVE!!!!!

Fri Mar 29 20:31:13 UTC 2019

FYI -

For anyone near downtown Littleton planning to go to the Capitol on
Monday for the hearing, the group leaving from CCB will be boarding he
12:15 C line.  Feel free to join us.
Dam

On 3/28/19, Dan Burke <burke.dall at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi again -
>
> Meeting up is a great idea. For those who venture on their own, we're
> meeting essentially where the Day at the Capitol  was.  That is on the
> 3rd floor in the Senate Conference Rooms, whose main entrance is
> between the elevators.
>
> Okay, that's the easy part.
>
> Coming in to the Capitol is usually easiest from the south side, off
> 14th Avenue.  You go around behind the big steps to the right and in
> the door there.  After going through the scanners walk straight ahead
> for a ways and listen for or ask directions to the elevators, which
> are to your right .
>
> HTH
> Dan
>
>
> On 3/28/19, Dan Burke <burke.dall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Greetings all -
>>
>> As Scott announced earlier this week, our bill to create equal access
>> to the Colorado mail ballot is scheduled for a vote on Monday
>> afternoon at 1:30 p.m.  The hearing details are below.
>>
>> Of course, anyone who wants to come to the hearing, either to testify
>> or help make a strong showing from the NFB of Colorado is encouraged
>> to do so.  We are planning our initial lineup for testimony right now.
>>
>> For those that can't be at the Capitol on Monday, and actually for all
>> of us, calling or e-mailing the members of the State and Military
>> Affairs Committee would really help this bill.  For some reason, the
>> secretary of State's office has been a little balky, though we are
>> still talking with them about the language of the bill.  So we need
>> the committee members to feel that there are a lot of blind Coloradans
>> who want this bill.  And that effort should begin right away, and not
>> wait for the committee tomeet.
>>
>> What you should say:
>>
>> My name is *** and I live in ***.  I am blind and a member of the
>> National Federation of the Blind.  I want equal access to voting
>> privately and independently by mail.  Please support SB19-202 on
>> Monday.
>>
>> The committee members, their phone numbers and e-mail addresses are
>> listed below.  Also, the areas they represent.  Feel free to contact
>> them all, or just the chair, Sen. Mike Foote.  If one of them
>> represents you, definitely contact him or her.  If you are a Democrat
>> or Republican, by all means contact someone of your party and tell
>> them you are of their party.
>>
>> Okay, thanks to all of you in advance!  We know how to get things done,
>> right?
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> # # #
>> SB19-202 Voting Rights For Voters With Disabilities
>>
>> Hearing before the Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee
>> Monday, April 1
>> 1:30 pm  |  SCR 357
>>
>> Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee
>>
>> COMMITTEE MEMBERS
>> Senator Mike Foote, Chair - D
>> Boulder County
>> 303-866-5291
>> mike.foote.senate at state.co.us
>>
>> Senator Lois Court, Vice Chair-  D
>> Parts of Arapahoe & Denver Counties
>> President Pro Tempore of the Senate
>> 303-866-4861
>> lois.court.senate at state.co.us
>>
>> Senator Rhonda Fields - D
>> Eastern Arapahoe County
>> 303-866-4879
>> rhonda.fields.senate at state.co.us
>>
>> Senator Vicki Marble - R
>> Parts of Broomfield, Weld & Larimer Counties
>> Minority Caucus Chair
>> 303-866-4876
>> vicki.marble.senate at state.co.us
>>
>> Senator Jerry Sonnenberg – R
>> COUNTIES: Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan,
>> Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld, Yuma
>> 303-866-6360
>> senatorsonnenberg at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/28/19, Kevan Worley via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Yes! You should go ahead and contact your own state senator and state
>>> representative. Ask them to support SB19-202 - Voting for Voters with
>>> Disabilities.
>>>
>>> You can urge chapter members to do this as well. Do it anytime in the
>>> next
>>> week or so. We will let you know if it fails to get out of committee.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>>> Sabndy
>>> Schleich via Colorado-Talk
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 2:33 PM
>>> To: slabarre at labarrelaw.com; NFB of Colorado Discussion List
>>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Sabndy Schleich <saschleich7 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] ALERT, ALERT, ALERT, ALERT!!!! NFB VOTING
>>> RIGHTS BILL ON THE MOVE!!!!!
>>>
>>> Is there anything we can do if we are not going to be able to get up
>>> there?
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Mar 26, 2019, at 12:44 PM, Scott C. LaBarre via Colorado-Talk
>>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello on this beautiful day in Colorado!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As you know, the NFB of Colorado passed a resolution at our 2018
>>>> Convention calling upon the General Assembly to adopt legislation
>>>> making it possible for us to vote via mail and to do so independently
>>>> just like our sighted peers.  On March 19, 2019, Senator Jessie
>>>> Danielson introduced S.B. 19-202 which directs the Colorado Secretary
>>>> of State to make mail ballots accessible to the blind.  This would be
>>>> accomplished through using assistive technology and allowing us to mark
>>> our ballots in an accessible manner.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This bill will get its first hearing on Monday, April 1st at 1:30 in
>>>> Senate Committee Room 357 which is on the third floor of the Capitol
>>>> building.  We need everyone at the hearing!!!  Please attend!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please stay tuned because we will be asking people to email members of
>>>> the Committee hearing this, the Senate Committee on State, Veterans,
>>>> and Military Affairs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Dan Burke
>> President, NFB of Denver
>>
>> "Blindness is not what holds you back.  You can live the life you want!"
>> My Cell:  406.546.8546
>> Twitter:  @DallDonal
>>
>
>
> --
> Dan Burke
> President, NFB of Denver
>
> "Blindness is not what holds you back.  You can live the life you want!"
> My Cell:  406.546.8546
> Twitter:  @DallDonal
>

-- 
Dan Burke
President, NFB of Denver

"Blindness is not what holds you back.  You can live the life you want!"
My Cell:  406.546.8546
Twitter:  @DallDonal