<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello all,</div><div>
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Please send letters to the following people so that we can get the HB645
passed. Please do it by March 8. You should say something like the
following:
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<div>Dear Delegate ____,</div><div>
My name is _____ and please support HB645. This bill calls for the
General Assembly to study the feasibility of whether Maryland should
have electronic ballot return for vote by mail. Some classes of voters,
such as the print disabled and the military, are impacted by the failure
to have electronic ballot return. Print disabled voters lose their
right to privacy and a secret ballot; military voters may miss the
deadline and their vote will not be counted. Everyone deserves the right
to have their vote count while maintaining their privacy and secrecy.</div><div><br></div><div>
Everyone should write to the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Vanessa Atterbeary.
The email address for delegates is [first name].[last name]@<a href="http://house.state.md.us">house.state.md.us</a>.<br></div><div>If you live in Allegany County, write to Jason Buckel.</div><div>If you live in Anne Arundel County, write to Dana Jones. <br></div><div>If you live in Baltimore City, write to Melissa Wells and Dalya Attar.<br></div><div>If you live in Baltimore County, write to Bob Long and Eric Ebersole.</div><div>If you live in Cecil County, write to Kevin Hornberger and Mike Griffith.<br></div><div>If you live in Charles County, write to Edith Patterson.<br></div><div>If you live in Frederick County, write to Kris Fair and April Miller.</div><div>If you live in Howard County, write to Jessica Feldmark. Thank her for sponsoring the bill.</div><div>If you live in Howard or Montgomery County, write to Chao Wu.<br></div><div>If you live in Montgomery County, write to Julie Palakovich Carr (email is
<a href="mailto:julie.palakovichcarr@house.state.md.us">julie.palakovichcarr@house.state.md.us</a>), Jheanelle Wilkins, Bernice Mireku-North (email is
<a href="mailto:bernice.mireku-north@house.state.md.us">bernice.mireku-north@house.state.md.us</a>
), and Joe Vogel.<br></div><div>If you live in Prince George's County, write to Darryl Barnes and Nick Charles.</div><div>If you live in Washington County, write to Brooke Grossman.</div><div>If you live in Wicomico and Worcester County, write to Wayne Hartman.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div>
</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="2">Sharon Maneki, Director of Legislation and Advocacy</font></b></div><div><font size="2">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</font></div><div><font size="2">410-715-9596</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<br></font></div><div><b><font size="2"></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><br></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div>