[Greater-baltimore] FW: [Nfbmd] Steps to Request the Online Ballot Marking Tool for the 2014 Maryland General Election

[mr. Chikodinaka Oguledo]

On 9/25/14, Danielsen, Chris via Greater-baltimore
<greater-baltimore at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>
> From: Nfbmd [mailto:nfbmd-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Blake, Lou Ann
> via Nfbmd
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 4:05 PM
> To: nfbmd at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbmd] Steps to Request the Online Ballot Marking Tool for the
> 2014 Maryland General Election
>
> Hi Every One,
>
> Thanks to the National Federation of the Blind and U.S. District Judge
> Richard Bennett, the Maryland State Board of Elections' online ballot
> marking tool will be available to all Maryland voters with disabilities who
> wish to vote by absentee ballot! However, before you can use the online
> ballot marking tool, you must first request that the ballot be delivered to
> you by email.
>
> Following are steps to request email delivery of your absentee ballot:
>
> 1.    Use the accessible online voter registration and absentee ballot
> request form at
> https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/OnlineVoterRegistration/InstructionsStep1.
> You must have a Maryland ID or driver's license issued by MVA to use this
> form. In Step 9 of this form, be sure to indicate that you want an absentee
> ballot for the 2014 Gubernatorial General Election and that you want
> delivery through email.
>
> 2.    OR, complete the absentee ballot application for 2014 elections at
> http://www.elections.state.md.us/voting/documents/2014_Absentee_Ballot_Application_English.pdf.
> This form is an inaccessible PDF. A Spanish version of this form may be
> found at
> http://www.elections.state.md.us/voting/documents/2014_Absentee_Ballot_Application_Spanish.pdf.
> It is also an inaccessible PDF. Be sure to indicate that you want your
> absentee ballot delivered by email.
>
> 3.    OR, go to your local board of elections and complete and turn in your
> absentee ballot application there. Be sure to indicate that you want your
> absentee ballot delivered by email.
>
> 4.    Your absentee ballot request form must be submitted by October 31,
> 2014, if you want to have your ballot delivered by email and use the online
> ballot marking tool.
>
> All registered voters in Maryland are eligible to vote by absentee ballot.
> The online ballot marking tool allows voters with disabilities to mark their
> ballot privately and independently using their own access technology. The
> computer that is used to mark the ballot must be connected to a printer.
> Once the ballot is marked it must be printed out and mailed to your local
> board of elections. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
>
> Lou Ann
>
> Lou Ann Blake, J.D.
> HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator
> Jernigan Institute
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> 200 East Wells Street
>     at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, MD 21230
> Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221
> Fax: (410) 659-5129
> E-mail: lblake at nfb.org<mailto:lblake at nfb.org>
> Web site: www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org/>
>
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
>
> To make a donation to the National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund
> campaign, please visit
> www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture<http://www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture>.
>
>
>
>
>


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