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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Done! Thank you <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Curtis Chong via Colorado-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 13, 2023 2:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Colorado Discussion List' <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Curtis Chong <chong.curtis@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Colorado-Talk] Please Send Email Supporting Audio Demonstrations of Accessible Voting Systems<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello to my fellow Coloradans:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Colorado Secretary of State has issued a <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/COSOS/bulletins/362b192">notice of rulemaking</a> which, among other things, includes a requirement for providers of voting systems to demonstrate the accessible features of their respective products, including the audio which will accompany voting on a ballot marking device and the actions available to the voter to take at every step on the device. A public hearing has been announced to take place on Thursday, August 3, at 1:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In previous demonstrations of voting systems, the nonvisual access features available to the blind were talked about but rarely demonstrated. If the proposed rule is adopted, we, voters who are blind, would be able to hear how a supposedly accessible voting system would sound as a blind voter marks the ballot. Personally, I believe this is the best way for us to gain a real understanding of how well (or poorly) a voting system would work from a nonvisual access perspective.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please send an email supporting this change to <a href="SoS.RuleMaking@ColoradoSOS.gov">SoS.RuleMaking@ColoradoSOS.gov</a>. To keep this simple, feel free to use some or all of the draft language shown here.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><Begin Draft Language><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am writing to support proposed amendments to Elections rules which would require providers of voting systems to demonstrate the accessibility features of their voting systems, including the audio that a blind voter would hear when marking a ballot. In previous demonstrations of voting systems in Colorado, the nonvisual access features available to the blind were talked about but rarely demonstrated. This rule change is critical for blind voters to gain a clear understanding of how the voting system would work from a nonvisual perspective.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><End Draft Language><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If anyone has any questions about this or needs help, please feel free to call me or send me an email. My cell phone number is 515-306-1654, and my email address is <a href="chong.curtis@gmail.com">chong.curtis@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Curtis Chong<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>