<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">thanks for your leadership</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Sincerely, <br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Julie Reiskin, Executive Director<br>Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition<br><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)">1385 S. 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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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Cordially,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Curtis Chong<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Curtis Chong <<a href="mailto:chong.curtis@gmail.com" target="_blank">chong.curtis@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 10, 2022 9:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Colorado Discussion List' <<a href="mailto:colorado-talk@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">colorado-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Oppose HB22-1204: a Bill Undermining Accessible Voting in Colorado<br><b>Importance:</b> High<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone:<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">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<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here is a draft email which you, your colleagues, friends, and family members can send to the House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><h2>Draft Email<u></u><u></u></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">To the House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">please vote “<b>NO</b>” on HB22-1204! <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Again, please vote no on HB22-1204.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><h2>Committee Names and Email Addresses<u></u><u></u></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here are the names and email addresses for the House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Chris Kennedy (Chair)<br><a href="http://chris.kennedy.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">chris.kennedy.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Steven Woodrow (Vice Chair)<br><a href="http://steven.woodrow.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">steven.woodrow.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Judy Amabile<br><a href="http://judy.amabile.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">judy.amabile.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Jennifer Bacon<br><a href="http://jennifer.bacon.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">jennifer.bacon.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Tracey Bernett<br><a href="http://tracey.bernett.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">tracey.bernett.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Andrew Boesenecker<br><a href="http://andrew.boesenecker.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">andrew.boesenecker.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Alex Valdez<br><a href="http://alex.valdez.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">alex.valdez.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Rod Bockenfeld<br><a href="http://rod.bockenfeld.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">rod.bockenfeld.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Mary Bradfield<br><a href="http://mary.bradfield.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">mary.bradfield.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Patrick Neville<br><a href="http://patrick.neville.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">patrick.neville.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">Representative Dan Woog<br><a href="http://Dan.Woog.house@state.co.us" target="_blank">Dan.Woog.house@state.co.us</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><h2>Committee Hearing<u></u><u></u></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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 <a href="https://leg.colorado.gov/content/state-civic-military-veterans-affairs-4" target="_blank">remotely</a>. Whether you want to testify in writing, remotely, or in person, you need to visit the website <a href="https://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/signIn.xsp" target="_blank">https://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/signIn.xsp</a> to get yourself on the list of people who want to testify.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Let’s put HB22-1204 where it belongs, in the list of defeated bills.<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">☺</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Curtis Chong, Voting Rights Coordinator<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">National Federation of the Blind of Colorado<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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