<div>Hello federation us,</div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">It is indeed a great moment and achievement in our strive for equal rights and opportunities.</div><div dir="auto">I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to our national president Mark Riccobono, who spearheaded accessible absentee voting in our state back in 2019.</div><div dir="auto"> I would also like to publicly acknowledge and extend my gratitude for hard work on this project, while Maryann was hard at work battling cancer , to Mary Silvererberg, Nathaniel wales, Phil Magalnick, Jim McConnell, and many others call put in hours of their time and effort to work with our state representatives, congressman, and senators. It has been in deed a team effort that resulted in this accomplishment of taking down yet another barrier that our blind community has been facing too long.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We are stronger together!</div><div dir="auto">Honorata</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 9:07 PM Mary Silverberg via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Maryanne,<div>Good job! Thank you for the TV presence and getting the word out.</div><div> </div><div>I must admit that Joe & I both let out a big scream when we heard our SOS say, "We needed to do something for these folks"</div><div><br></div><div>Mary</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 9:02 PM Cheri Duquette via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">As before, and now again, wonderful job Maryanne!! Such a great step in the right direction. Thank you for your hard work and dedication!!<div>Cheri. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 20, 2020, at 7:56 PM, ngrice5456--- via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<div style="color:black;font:10pt arial">I don't have cable so I can't pick up channel on TV, but I found the interview posted online. Here's the link:
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div>Noreen<br>
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<div><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Federation Family,</span></b></div>
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<div><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I will be on Chanel 8 at 6:00pm and <a href="http://wtnh.com" target="_blank">wtnh.com</a> after that. This is a follow up interview regarding accessible absentee voting in Connecticut.</span></b></div>
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