[Greater-baltimore] Action Needed in Annapolis on Absentee Ballot Bill
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Hello All,
Your Help is urgently needed during this last week of the Maryland General
Assembly. Please email or call, read below.
***ACTION ALERT***
Disability Community Help Needed!
SB 1078: Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Internet or Facsimile
Transmission
. Please ask members of the House Ways and Means Committee to
support SB 1078, which has already passed the full Senate.
. Tell them SB 1078 is an important bill for the disability
community because:
. The bill permits voters with disabilities and military and
overseas voters to receive their absentee ballots by email and to use an
accessible online ballot marking tool to mark the ballot before printing it
and mailing it in.
. The bill promotes voter independence and privacy for voters
with disabilities. The online delivery and ballot marking tool will be
available to a voter with disabilities if it would assist the voter to vote
independently.
. The ballot marking tool would allow voters with disabilities,
such as voters with a vision disability or a dexterity disability, who use
accessible computer technology to mark their absentee ballot independently
and privately.
. SB 1078 provides voters with disabilities who wish to vote by
absentee ballot with the same voting opportunities as voters without
disabilities!
This technology is NOT online voting. It is an online absentee ballot
delivery and marking system.
SBOE has agreed to an amendment that would require the certification of the
online ballot marking tool which will address any security concerns.
SB 1078 is an important step to making the absentee ballot process
accessible to voters with disabilities. Call or email your Delegate TODAY!
House Ways & Means Committee
If you are not able to contact all committee members, please try to contact
the delegates with stars next to their names and let them know this bill
will be heard in their committee on Tuesday or Wednesday and is important to
the disability committee!
Name
Phone
County
*Sheila E. Hixson, Chair (410) 841-3469,
(301) 858-3469 Montgomery
Samuel I. Rosenberg, Vice-Chair (410) 841-3297, (301) 858-3297
Baltimore City
*Jon S. Cardin, Subcommittee Chair (410) 841-3833, (301) 858-3833
Baltimore County
*Kathryn L. Afzali (410)
841-3288, (301) 858-3288 Frederick
*Kumar P. Barve (410)
841-3464, (301) 858-3464 Montgomery
*Talmadge Branch (410) 841-3398,
(301) 858-3398 Baltimore City
*Jolene Ivey (410)
841-3478, (301) 858-3478 Prince George's
*LeRoy E. Myers, Jr. (410) 841-3321,
(301) 858-3321 Allegany & Washington
*Justin D. Ross (410)
841-3652, (301) 858-3652 Prince George's
*Michael G. Summers (410) 841-3340, (301)
858-3340 Prince George's
Joseph C. Boteler III (410) 841-3365,
(301) 858-3365 Baltimore County
Mark N. Fisher (410)
841-3231, (301) 858-3231 Calvert
C. William Frick (410)
841-3454, (301) 858-3454 Montgomery
Ronald A. George (410) 841-3439,
(301) 858-3439 Anne Arundel
Glen Glass (410)
841-3280, (301) 858-3280 Cecil & Harford
Carolyn J. B. Howard (410) 841-3919,
(301) 858-3919 Prince George's
Anne R. Kaiser (410)
841-3036, (301) 858-3036 Montgomery
Eric G. Luedtke (410)
841-3110, (301) 858-3110 Montgomery
Aruna Miller (410)
841-3090, (301) 858-3090 Montgomery
Andrew A. Serafini (410) 841-3447,
(301) 858-3447 Washington
Melvin L. Stukes (410)
841-3544, (301) 858-3544 Baltimore City
Frank S. Turner (410)
841-3246, (301) 858-3246 Howard
Jay Walker (410)
841-3581, (301) 858-3581 Prince George's
*Member of the Election Law Subcommittee who will vote on the bill first.
Thank You!
For more information, please contact Lauren Kallins at the Maryland
Disability Law Center
LaurenK at mdlclaw.org
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