[il-talk] Primary Voting today

[Harris Singer]

I just voted and had the same experience as Michal; it was well
executed. I started voting at my polling place  8 years ago and for
the first couple of times they had problems with these new machines
but the last few have been seamless. I like the way once I hit the
button to cast my ballot I can hear the printer instantly print a
record copy, I like this verification my vote is part of the tally.

On 3/20/18, Michal Nowicki via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> When I moved to Urbana, I transferred my registration. I just voted at the
> Urbana-Champaign County Clerk’s office, and I had a wonderful experience.
> The election official helped me fill out the form and set me up with the
> accessible voting machine. The machine was very easy to use. Hopefully, we
> can eliminate most, if not all, of the access barriers many of you have
> encountered for the general election and beyond.
>
> Best,
>
> Michal
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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> From: Sharon Howerton via IL-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 12:21 PM
> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'
> Cc: Sharon Howerton
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Primary Voting today
>
> Denise, after all these years we still have to deal with this. When I voted
> in my precinct, it was like a new event every time even though I'd remember
> the same workers election after election. So I go to 69 W. Washington.
> Please be sure to express your concerns to Equip for Equality.
> Sharon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IL-Talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of denise Avant
> via IL-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 11:20 AM
> To: NFB of Illinois Nfb-i conference call Number
> Cc: denise Avant
> Subject: [il-talk] Primary Voting today
>
> Hello all,
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> It seems that voting accessibly in the city of Chicago needs to be improved
> significantly. For the first time in awhile, I voted in my precinct, rather
> than 69 W. Washington. I arrived at 9:00 am. I was told that I was the first
> person to request electronic voting for the day. The poll workers were
> actually very nice, and seemed prepared enough. They had a signature guide
> already to go so I could sign my affidavit, and they seem to know the steps
> to take to enable the audio. But they did not have the necessary code to put
> into the system for purposes of the audio selection. A call to the Board of
> Election ended up with someone there suggesting that I use a paper ballot. I
> told them that I was not voting that way, and they needed to solve the
> problem, whatever it was. The pole workers were in total agreement. So, the
> board sent someone out to provide them with the code. It took me longer to
> wait for a properly functioning machine than it did for me to vote. I
> arrived at 9:00 am, and did not leave until 10:25 am. The workers and
> supervisors remembered the training, but it seems that they did not have the
> appropriate code to make the machine  function properly.
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> Denise R. Avant, President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
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