<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello all,</div><div>
Please send letters to the following people so that we can get the SB488 passed. Please do it by March 8. You should say something like the
following:
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<div>Dear Senator ____,</div><div>
My name is _____ and please support SB488. 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 Education, Energy and the Environment Committee, Brian Feldman.
The email address for senators is [first name].[last name]@<a href="http://senate.state.md.us" target="_blank">senate.state.md.us</a>. </div><div>If you live in Anne Arundel County, write to Bryan Simonaire.</div><div>If you live in Baltimore City, write to Mary Washington.</div><div>If you live in Baltimore County, write to Benjamin Brooks. Thank him for sponsoring the bill. <br></div><div>If you live in Frederick County, write to Karen Young.</div><div>If you live in Harford or Cecil County, write to Jason Gallion.<br></div><div>If you live in Howard or Montgomery County, write to Katie Fry Hester (email is
<a href="mailto:katiefry.hester@senate.state.md.us">katiefry.hester@senate.state.md.us</a>).</div><div>If you live in Montgomery County, write to Cheryl Kagan.<br></div><div>If you live in Prince George's County, write to Ron Watson and Malcolm Augustine.</div><div>If you live in Somerset, Wicomico or Worcester, write to Mary Beth Carozza (email is
<a href="mailto:marybeth.carozza@senate.state.md.us">marybeth.carozza@senate.state.md.us</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.<br></div><div><br></div>
</div><div><br></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>