[il-talk] Fwd: Illinois Constitutional ConventionNoticeVoterInformation
Kelly Doty
kelly at dls.net
Wed Nov 5 16:25:50 UTC 2008
The written question was a reworded version of the recorded one.
Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "CONCERNED CITIZENS OF PARATRANSIT" <concernedcitizens at cometlink.com>
To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Fwd: Illinois Constitutional
ConventionNoticeVoterInformation
> Ronza,
>
> Are you saying that the recorded question was not the same as the written
> question?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <AZNOR99 at aol.com>
> To: <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Fwd: Illinois Constitutional Convention
> NoticeVoterInformation
>
>
>>I was never given one at all. I had to use the question that was
>>recorded
>> by the audio ballot that had been stricken as bias. Anyone else?
>>
>> Ronza
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/4/2008 12:20:43 A.M. Central Standard Time,
>> kelly at dls.net writes:
>>
>> I was given the information in large, clear print as was everyone else.
>> The
>> judge that I handed my application for early voting to asked me if I
>> could
>> read it or if he should read it to me. I was able to read it and told him
>> so. Believe me, with the amount of time I had to wait to vote, I had
>> plenty
>> of time to consider the issue.
>>
>> Kelly
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <AZNOR99 at aol.com>
>> To: <iabs-talk at nfbnet.org>; <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 7:21 PM
>> Subject: [il-talk] Fwd: Illinois Constitutional Convention Notice
>> VoterInformation
>>
>>
>>>I sent a message to the Chicago Bar Association to ask what guidance
>>>they
>>> might offer someone who is blind or print disabled. Their response is
>>> below.
>>> Basically, an election judge is required to read the question to
>>> anyone
>>> with
>>> low vision or blindness prior to their entering the voting booth. Has
>>> this
>>> happened to those of you who participated in early voting? I'm
>>> curious
>>> as to
>>> how many of us will actually have an election judge do this.
>>>
>>> Ronza
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ____________________________________
>>> From: bmcmeen at chicagobar.org
>>> To: AZNOR99 at aol.com
>>> CC: pollwatcher at chicagobar.org
>>> Sent: 11/3/2008 4:58:49 P.M. Central Standard Time
>>> Subj: RE: Illinois Constitutional Convention Notice Voter Information
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Ronza: I have been informed that in the judgment that Judge Howse
>>> entered as well as his supplemental order that was entered last week
>>> explicitly
>>> requires the judges of election to read the Corrective Notice to every
>>> voter
>>> who is vision impaired.
>>> Please let us know if you have any other questions.
>>> Beth
>>>
>>> Beth McMeen
>>> CLE Director
>>> The Chicago Bar Association
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: AZNOR99 at aol.com [mailto:AZNOR99 at aol.com]
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:32 PM
>>> To: cle at chicagobar.org
>>> Subject: Re: Illinois Constitutional Convention Notice Voter
>>> Information
>>>
>>>
>>> I want to know if it is a further violation to provide the document in
>>> written form on election day but not provide a mechanism for reading it
>>> for those
>>> of us who have print disabilities such as blindness. For example, the
>>> ballot
>>> itself is now in an audio form for those of us who need such an
>>> accommodation under the Help America Vote Act. Would the provision of
>>> written notice at
>>> the polling site constitute a violation of this Act since there would
>>> be
>>> no
>>> effective way for blind and print disabled voters to read it
>>> independently?
>>>
>>> Ronza Othman
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 10/31/2008 2:59:25 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>>> cle at chicagobar.org writes:
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear CBA Member:
>>> As you have probably heard, the CBA has filed suit challenging the form
>>> of
>>> the ballot for the referendum in the upcoming election about the
>>> calling
>>> of a
>>> Constitutional Convention in Illinois. The CBA has not taken a
>>> position
>>> supporting or opposing holding a Constitutional Convention. Our
>>> lawsuit
>>> is simply
>>> intended to ensure that the referendum is conducted in a fair and
>>> constitutional manner.
>>> The circuit and appellate courts have agreed with us that the form of
>>> ballot
>>> certified by the State Board of Elections is inaccurate, biased, and
>>> misleading. The courts have ordered that each voter, before voting, be
>>> given a
>>> "Corrective Notice" in the form of the attached pdf file entitled
>>> "Con-Con
>>> Notice." All voters throughout Illinois are supposed to receive the
>>> Notice,
>>> including those voting by absentee ballot, Early Voting, and on
>>> Election
>>> Day.
>>> We believe that the Corrective Notice does not adequately remedy the
>>> legally
>>> defective ballot, and we intend to file a petition for leave to appeal
>>> after
>>> the election asking the Supreme Court to decide that issue. In the
>>> meantime,
>>> however, we have received reports that some voters are not receiving
>>> the
>>> Corrective Notice. To attempt to determine the extent of compliance or
>>> noncompliance with the court orders requiring distribution of the
>> Notice,
>>> we are
>>> asking voters to fill-out the attached one-page affidavit (the pdf
>>> file
>>> entitled
>>> "Con-Con Affidavit
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ") and return it to the CBA at pollwatcher at chicagobar.org
>>> <mailto:pollwatcher at chicagobar.org> or by fax to (312) 554-2054.
>>> Please feel free to forward this email to your colleagues, friends and
>>> family. They should likewise feel free to forward the email to other
>>> Illinois
>>> voters. The more responses we receive, the better we will be able to
>>> assess the
>>> extent to which the remedy prescribed by the courts has been
>>> implemented.
>>> I am proud that our Association has taken a leadership role in this
>>> matter.
>>> With your assistance, we can try to ensure that the remedy fashioned
>>> by
>>> the
>>> courts does not prove to be illusory.
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Terrence M. Murphy
>>> Executive Director
>>>
>>>
>>>
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