<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">this has been an ongoing issue in Kansas. The biggest trouble we have is that since the election machines are set up on a county by county basis by the time we have figured out they're not working it's too late to remediate the situation. I think the best thing we can do right now is to continue complaining and do our best at the chapter level to get engaged with county election commissioners. Thanks, Tom <br><br><div dir="ltr">Tom Page<div>President </div><div>National Federation of the blind of Kansas</div><div>316-734-4839</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Nov 15, 2022, at 12:20 PM, Susie Stanzel via Home-on-the-Range <home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please read this. It would never be convenient to wait 10 to 15 minutes longer after already spending an inordinate amount of time trying to vote.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Susie Stanzel<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> Tricia McConnell <tricia@drckansas.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 15, 2022 9:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> slstanzel@kc.rr.com<br><b>Subject:</b> letter<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk117156586">November 15, 2022<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">Ms. Susan Stanzel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">11905 Mohawk Lane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">Leawood, KS 66209<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">Dear Ms. Stanzel, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">Thank you for contacting the Disability Rights Center of Kansas (DRC) regarding concerns with the experience you had voting at Leawood City Hall. You shared that you are blind and needed an accessible machine that would read the ballot to you. The machine did not read the ballot completely and someone had to read it to you. You wanted DRC to be aware of this problem. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">I reviewed your request for assistance one of our attorneys. I called you on November 14, 2022 and shared that Lane Williams, legal director with DRC, talked with the Johnson County Election Commissioner on November 7, 2022. He was aware of the problem with the machines and said that individuals would be offered to have it read to them or a portable voting machine that had been modified to be able to read the entire ballot could be brought to the location from the elections office if the voter was willing to wait 10-15 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><span style="color:black">Please watch your email for DRC’s Satisfaction Survey regarding our services. We appreciate your input. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">Also, if you do disagree with the services provided to you<span style="color:black">, you have the right to </span>file a formal grievance. Our Grievance Procedure and submission form are online at </span><a href="http://www.drckansas.org/grievance"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">www.drckansas.org/grievance</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">. If you do not have internet access or need the form in an alternative format, please contact our office.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">As this concludes our work, I will be closing your file at the DRC. If in the future you have questions regarding your rights as a person with a disability, please contact our office. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">Tricia McConnell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk117156586">Disability Advocate</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tricia McConnell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Disability Rights Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Disability Rights Center of Kansas, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">214 SW 6<sup>th</sup> Avenue, Ste 100<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Topeka, Ks. 66603<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: (785) 273-9661 ext. 119<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fax: (785) 273-9414<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:tricia@drckansas.org">tricia@drckansas.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The information contained in this e-mail message (including any attachments and accompanying information) may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure under applicable law. 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