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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>Please send a similar leter to these people about this saccessible boting absentee ballot soon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> m.barber817@gmail.com <m.barber817@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 3, 2021 10:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> claire.celsi@legis.iowa.gov; roby.smith@legis.iowa.gov; chris.cournoyer@legis.iowa.gov; tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov; zach.whiting@legis.iowa.gov<br><b>Cc:</b> 'Scott Van Gorp' <svangorp@nfbi.org>; 'Don Wirth' <don.wirth@gmail.com>; 'Carrie Chapman' <c.chapman657@yahoo.com>; 'Jane Hudson' <jhudson@driowa.org>; paul.pate@sos.iowa.gov<br><b>Subject:</b> SB 53<br><b>Sensitivity:</b> Personal<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Senator Selsi: Could you please give immediate attention to the bill below?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ladies and Gentlemen:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I urge you to please add the following language to the bill discuss in the State Government bill on behalf of a bill which discussed accessible absentee ballots for people who are blind before the funnel this Friday. In my opinion, this is much too slow, so if you can speed it up, that would be preferable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Section 1. NEW SECTION. 53.4 Absentee ballot marking pilot program.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>1. The state commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement a pilot program to establish procedures to enable a voter with a disability that prevents the voter from marking a ballot by hand to independently and privately mark a ballot or use an electronic voting device that produces a paper record using nonvisual access, low-vision access, or other assistive technology in order for the voter to complete an absentee ballot by mail pursuant to this chapter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The procedures shall include a method by which a voter with a disability that prevents the voter from marking a ballot by hand to request an absentee ballot by mail. The state commissioner shall consult with the Iowa council of the united blind and the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa in evaluating assistive technology to be used in the pilot program.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2. If the pilot program under this section is not implemented statewide, the pilot program shall include sufficient counties, as determined by the state commissioner, to conclude whether the program is feasible statewide.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>3. The state commissioner shall file a report with the general assembly by December 31 of each year regarding the pilot program established under this section.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>4. This section is repealed July 1, 2023.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5. This act being deemed of immediate importance takes effect upon enactment.<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>Cordially,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Michael D. Barber<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2880 Grand Avenue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Unit 503<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Des Moines, IA 50312<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(515) 284-1569<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>