[CT-NFB] Call to Action

Tue Jul 21 17:42:31 UTC 2020

I just tried to call the Governor's phone number and the recording says they are only taking calls about COVID and directly those calls to the 211 number. Are these the people we should speak to about accessible voting?
- Noreen Grice


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From: Maryanne Melley via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List' <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>; 'Deb Reed' <deb.reed57 at gmail.com>; joesan1215 at hotmail.com; mdiggs2 at peoplepc.com; shonda.r.rosetta at gmail.com; philmag at optonline.net; macarney97 at gmail.com; erival at comcast.net
Cc: mvcmelley at gmail.com
Sent: Tue, Jul 21, 2020 12:20 pm
Subject: [CT-NFB] Call to Action

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