
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Sarah was wanting to know if she could share her voting story. The Email Scott had sent out referred to a survey due Friday at 5:00 p.m, so it is no longer valid. We are starting again to work on on-line options here in Iowa. We will need stories from people concerning voting issues they have had.<div class="">Cindy</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 19, 2021, at 9:37 AM, Craig Deichmann via DSM-Iowa <<a href="mailto:dsm-iowa@nfbnet.org" class="">dsm-iowa@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Sarah,</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Blind people Do Not have a means to Vote Independently online. Their is Secure Software available in other states.</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jul 19, 2021, at 8:41 AM, Sarah Baebler via DSM-Iowa <<a href="mailto:dsm-iowa@nfbnet.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">dsm-iowa@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Scott I have a story is it too late?<br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jul 15, 2021, at 7:51 PM,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:svangorp@nfbi.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">svangorp@nfbi.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Good Evening Federation Family:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">As noted below, the national organization just got the below information yesterday, and I just got it moments ago, so this is extremely time-sensitive. If you wish to contribute stories for this project, please do so by 4PM central tomorrow! In the meantime, I will have more information on voting rights efforts specific to Iowa this weekend along with a call to action. Please reach out if there are any questions!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Scott Van Gorp, President<br class="">National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<br class="">Phone: 515-720-5282<br class=""></span><a href="mailto:svangorp@nfbi.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Email</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Website</span></i></a><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></span></i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-Of-the-Blind-Of-Iowa-372681823082570/posts" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Facebook</span></i></a><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfb_iowa" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Twitter</span></i></a><i class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Live the life you want.<br class=""></span></i><br class="">The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0i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<p class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">The portal can be found at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=22226&qid=5715435" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.regulations.gov/document/NIST-2021-0003-0001</a>.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Please read the topics for discussion under the “Request for Information” heading, then select the “Comment” link, which will take you to a page where you can write or upload your response.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">We apologize for the late notice, but greatly appreciate your attention to this matter.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">About the National Federation of the Blind & Voting</span></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></h2><p class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">The National Federation of the Blind is working to ensure that all blind voters have the ability to vote privately and independently through advocacy efforts,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=22227&qid=5715435" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">voting resources</a>, and our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=22228&qid=5715435" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">National Center for Nonvisual Election Technology</a>. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="height: 6pt;" class=""><td style="padding: 0in; height: 6pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></p><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width: 6.25in; background-color: rgb(0, 47, 109);"><tbody class=""><tr style="height: 45pt;" class=""><td width="135" style="width: 101.25pt; padding: 0in; height: 45pt;" class=""></td><td width="55" style="width: 41.25pt; padding: 0in; height: 45pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: white;" class=""><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=22229&qid=5715435" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><img border="0" width="50" height="35" id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-facebook-ms.png" alt="Facebook Logo" data-unique-identifier="" style="width: 0.5231in; height: 0.3657in;" class=""></span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td width="55" style="width: 41.25pt; padding: 0in; height: 45pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: white;" class=""><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=22230&qid=5715435" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><img border="0" width="50" height="35" id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-twitter-ms.png" alt="Twitter Logo" data-unique-identifier="" style="width: 0.5231in; height: 0.3657in;" class=""></span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td width="55" style="width: 41.25pt; padding: 0in; height: 45pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: white;" class=""><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=22231&qid=5715435" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><img border="0" width="50" height="35" id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-instagram-ms.png" alt="Instagram Logo" data-unique-identifier="" style="width: 0.5231in; height: 0.3657in;" class=""></span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td><td width="55" style="width: 41.25pt; padding: 0in; height: 45pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="color: white;" class=""><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=22232&qid=5715435" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><img border="0" width="51" height="35" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-youtube-ms.png" alt="YouTube 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