[Colorado-Talk] HB22-1204: a Bill Undermining Accessible Voting in Colorado

Tue Mar 15 15:03:56 UTC 2022

thanks for your leadership
Sincerely,

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On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 7:02 AM Curtis Chong via Colorado-Talk <
colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greetings all:
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> I am pleased to tell you that HB22-1204 was not voted out of committee
> last night. During the five-hour hearing, this bill, the last one to be
> heard, took three hours due to the tremendous outpouring of opposition from
> a variety of individuals and groups.
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> Cordially,
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> Curtis Chong
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> *From:* Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 10, 2022 9:50 AM
> *To:* 'NFB of Colorado Discussion List' <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
> *Subject:* Oppose HB22-1204: a Bill Undermining Accessible Voting in
> Colorado
> *Importance:* High
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> Hello everyone:
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> Colorado has one of the most accessible voting systems in the United
> States, especially for blind voters and voters with print disabilities.
> Because of this, Colorado has been hailed as a national leader for
> accessible voting.
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> It has come to our attention that HB22-1204, a bill which threatens to
> undermine the tremendous success we have achieved in Colorado to make
> voting and elections more accessible to the blind and people with other
> disabilities, is to be brought before the House State, Civic, Military, &
> Veterans Affairs Committee at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 14. If passed,
> HB22-1204 would:
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>    - eliminate Colorado’s vote-by-mail system and require voters to cast
>    their ballots in person at the voters' precinct polling place on election
>    day and
>    - eliminate the electronic ballot delivery and electronic ballot
>    return systems which have made vote-by-mail in Colorado accessible to the
>    blind and print-disabled.
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> Please communicate opposition to HB22-1204. There are those who would say
> that this bill is already doomed to be defeated on party lines. While this
> may be true, advocates for accessible voting do need to show their
> opposition to efforts designed to curtail equal access to the voting
> process.
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> Here is a draft email which you, your colleagues, friends, and family
> members  can send to the House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
> Committee.
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> Draft Email
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> To the House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee:
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> please vote “*NO*” on HB22-1204!
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> When SB19-202 and SB21-188 were signed into law, Colorado established
> itself as a national leader in voting accessibility for people with
> disabilities, including the blind or print-disabled. If HB22-1204 becomes
> law, voting accessibility for the blind and people with other disabilities
> would be destroyed, and the community would be denied the ability to mark
> ballots with complete independence and privacy. Even worse, people who
> cannot drive would be forced to travel to voter polling service centers,
> not to mention having to use supposedly accessible but inferior voting
> systems with which they are neither proficient nor confident.
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> Again, please vote no on HB22-1204.
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> Committee Names and Email Addresses
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> Here are the names and email addresses for the House State, Civic,
> Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee
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> Representative Chris Kennedy (Chair)
> chris.kennedy.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Steven Woodrow (Vice Chair)
> steven.woodrow.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Judy Amabile
> judy.amabile.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Jennifer Bacon
> jennifer.bacon.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Tracey Bernett
> tracey.bernett.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Andrew Boesenecker
> andrew.boesenecker.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Alex Valdez
> alex.valdez.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Rod Bockenfeld
> rod.bockenfeld.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Mary Bradfield
> mary.bradfield.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Patrick Neville
> patrick.neville.house at state.co.us
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> Representative Dan Woog
> Dan.Woog.house at state.co.us
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> Committee Hearing
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> HB22-1204 will come before the House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans
> Affairs Committee on Monday, March 14. The committee hearing will start at
> 1:30 PM in the Old State Library (Room 271 on the second floor of the
> Capitol). Interested persons can attend the hearing in person or remotely
> <https://leg.colorado.gov/content/state-civic-military-veterans-affairs-4>.
> Whether you want to testify in writing, remotely, or in person, you need to
> visit the website
> https://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/signIn.xsp to
> get yourself on the list of people who want to testify.
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> Let’s put HB22-1204 where it belongs, in the list of defeated bills.☺
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> Best,
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> Curtis Chong, Voting Rights Coordinator
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> National Federation of the Blind of Colorado
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