<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">This is very encouraging Mary that you are number 43 to speak to this committee. Sounds like there’s a lot of interest in this issue, thank goodness.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone<div>Deborah J. Reed</div><div>“Live the life you want, blindness is not what hold you back.” National Federation Of The Blind </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 21, 2020, at 1:43 PM, ngrice5456--- via CT-NFB <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<div style="color:black;font: 10pt arial;">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?
<div><br>
</div>
<div>- Noreen Grice<br>
<br>
<br>
<div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Maryanne Melley via CT-NFB <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org><br>
To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List' <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org>; 'Deb Reed' <deb.reed57@gmail.com>; joesan1215@hotmail.com; mdiggs2@peoplepc.com; shonda.r.rosetta@gmail.com; philmag@optonline.net; macarney97@gmail.com; erival@comcast.net<br>
Cc: mvcmelley@gmail.com<br>
Sent: Tue, Jul 21, 2020 12:20 pm<br>
Subject: [CT-NFB] Call to Action<br>
<br>
<div id="yiv1448003078"><style><!--
#yiv1448003078
_filtered {}
_filtered {}
#yiv1448003078
#yiv1448003078 p.yiv1448003078MsoNormal, #yiv1448003078 li.yiv1448003078MsoNormal, #yiv1448003078 div.yiv1448003078MsoNormal
{margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}
#yiv1448003078 span.yiv1448003078EmailStyle17
{font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;}
#yiv1448003078 .yiv1448003078MsoChpDefault
{font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}
_filtered {}
#yiv1448003078 div.yiv1448003078WordSection1
{}
--></style>
<div>
<div class="yiv1448003078WordSection1">
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Dear Federation Family,</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">I have spoken with President Riccobono this morning. He feels that legal action at this time is just to expensive, even with a generous donation from our affiliate. His suggestion for our best course of action is to have a coordinated effort of daily phone calls to the Governors office. You should ask the governor’s representative to have Governor Lamont direct the Secretary of state to make absentee ballot voting accessible to blind and print disabled voters . Please tell whoever you get on the phone that we are looking for any kind of ballot system that makes it possible for us to vote on our own, from home, with no assistance from a sighted individual. You can also mention the availability of an electronic voting system that allows us to vote, print out a paper ballot and mail it in just like everybody else. Feel free to say as much or as little as you are comfortable with but please call! The more people that call the greater chance of success we have. This issue effects all of us and other print disabled individuals so let’s go fight for our right to vote independently!! The Governor’s phone number is 860-566-4840. You will get a recording saying the office is closed but wait until the end and at that point you can press # and then 5 and you will eventually get a live person to talk with. Please be patient and wait to speak, we all know how important this issue is to all blind people not just us in the NFB.</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Best Regards,</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">Maryanne Melley</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">President</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">860-212-5549</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">“Live the Life You Want”</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv1448003078MsoNormal"> </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________<br>
CT-NFB mailing list<br>
<a ymailto="mailto:CT-NFB@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:CT-NFB@nfbnet.org">CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a><br>
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB:<br>
<a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/ngrice5456%40aol.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/ngrice5456%40aol.com</a><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>CT-NFB mailing list</span><br><span>CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/deb.reed57%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>