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

[Danielsen, Chris]

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/>

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