[nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for 5 Years
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Wed Jul 13 15:36:57 UTC 2011
Sorry, Humberto. I meant Anmol. Sorry about that!
Chris
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From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:42:46 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for 5 Years
I didn't send that message.
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From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:31 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for 5 Years
Humberto,
I thought 2012 would be in Dallas, as I heard from Dr. Maurer at
this year's convention. Unless you mean 2018's would be in
Orlando, making it six years.
Chris
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Maryland have the ability to confidently say "I can!" How? Click
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Foundation.
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From: Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:36:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for 5 Years
The convention will actually be in Orlando for the next six
years.
--- On Mon, 7/11/11, Rachael Vacanti <revacanti at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Rachael Vacanti <revacanti at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for 5 Years
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date: Monday, July 11, 2011, 2:28 PM
I agree with Chris and Sherri.?
I haven't seen the old schedule, but that's
beside the point.?I flew down Saturday and didn't
leave until the next
Saturday.?You think I'd have time for fun
right??Wrong.?I didn't get out
of the hotel once.?I meant to go places, like the
beach, Citywalk and Bubba
Gump Shrimp, but I couldn't get there.?Why??
Because there were too many
things to do at convention.?Convention was awesome
and I had a great time,
but I really wanted to go out and explore Florida a bit
more.?I looked at
the agenda and technically, the first 3 days weren't
"required".?General
sessions didn't start until Wendsday.
One thing I think might also help convention, is if they
announce the state
cacus.?I missed mine cause I had only heard about it
once and I don't think
he even told me where it was.?The states should get
them sorted out before
convention and email their state this is when and where it
is.?I know that
not everything can be perfect at a thing like this, but
they did a very good
job.?For my first time, it was pretty good.
Rachael
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:00:41 -0400
From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
To: NABS list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>,
NFBMD list <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>,
NFB
????history list <nfb-history at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] [Blindtlk] Convention in Orlando for
5 years
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From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com
Subject: [Blindtlk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
Date sent: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 19:59:44 -0400
It was announced at the convention that conventions
from 2013
through 2017
will be held in Orlando.?I wish we could extend
the length of
the convention
back to how it was and NFB would
organize tours for Wednesday afternoon.?That
way, people could
get excited
about Orlando and have time to go places.?I
liked the old
schedule much
better.?If we are going to keep people here for
five years in a
row, we need
to give them ample opportunity to take advantage of
all there is
to do in
Orlando.?Besides, I like the banquet the night
before the last
day of
convention.
Sherri Brun
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making
other
plans." John
Lennon
Check out http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun
E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
?NFBF Newsline? chair
www.nfbnewsline.org
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:07:57 -0400
From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
????list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] question about brail to word
program?
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You could also join the BrailleNote list, where users
of the
BrailleNote can talk about tips and tricks regarding
the BN and
ask questions when they're having technical
problems.?Here's the
link:
www.list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote.?
In
the mean time, if you'd like, I can post your question
to the BN
list and forward you any responses off list.?
Hope this helps!
?Chris
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Abilities motto)
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From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing
list'"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 22:54:22 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] question about brail to word
program?
Are you trying to convert the Braille Note native
format
documents into word
documents.?If you want to do so, you will have
to use your
Braille note to
do it because there is no program that will translate
and convert
Keyword
Braille format (kwb) documents into Microsoft word
(.doc)
documents, unless
you want to convert you .kwb files into .BRF files,
and then use
a program
in your PC to convert .BRF files into .doc files--you
will need
Duxbury
Braille translator (which costs about $900 for the
license if you
don't
already have it--you can although try it for free but
some
functions will be
disabled)
I hope this was helpful to you.?Feel free to
send another
message off list
if you can and I will give you more instructions--this
is good
practice for
me because I will be a teacher of the blind teaching
assistive
technology.
Cheers,?Humberto
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From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
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On Behalf
Of Andi
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 5:27 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
list
Subject: [nabs-l] question about brail to word
program?
I am sure this is a silly question but I have to
ask.?I use to
use my brail
note quite a bit but now I use my laptop more, I was
wondering if
there is a
program to change the files from the brail document to
a word
document?
Please keep in mind I am not very tech savvy so the
simpaler to
use the
better, but I still want it to do a good job.?
thank you so much
for your
help.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:20:18 -0400
From: Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
????list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [acb-l] polling place access
issues to this day
????in mi
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Hi,
OK, my thoughts.?They are, at the moment, each
other's
competetors/enemies/whatever.?So, at the moment
anyway, I doubt
it.
Best,
Josh
sent from my Apex
Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
?----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:30:00 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [acb-l] polling place access
issues to this
day in mi
I forwarded this because since the NFB is working to
ensure
accessible voting and was the driving force behind the
Help
America Vote Act (HAVA.) So, we might be able to work
jointly
with ACB on this.?What does
everyone think?
?Chris
"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp
Abilities motto)
The I C.A.N.?Foundation helps visually impaired
youth in
Maryland have the ability to confidently say "I can!"
How? Click
on this link to learn more and to contribute:
www.icanfoundation.info or like us on Facebook at I
C.A.N.
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?----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:25:02 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [acb-l] polling place access
issues to this
day in mi
Chris, why are you forwarding stuff from the ACB?
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/8/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
wrote:
?Thoughts on this?
?Chris
?"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp
Abilities
motto)
?The I C.A.N.?Foundation helps visually
impaired youth in
?Maryland have the ability to confidently say "I
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?on this link to learn more and to contribute:
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?Subject: [acb-l] polling place access issues to
this day in mi
?Date sent: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:05:31 -0400
?A Call to Action ?
?Unfinished Business to Ensure Michigan Voters
with Disabilities
?Have Access to the Polls in 2012
?A Public Report on
?Polling Place
?Accessibility in Michigan
?Public Report by
?Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc.
?2011
?Acknowledgements
?Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service (MPAS)
is Michigan?
?designated agency to advocate and protect the
legal rights of
?persons with disabilities, mandated
?by federal and state law.?MPAS receives
funding from the
?Administration on Developmental Disabilities,
the center for
?Mental Health Services ?Substance
?Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
the
?Rehabilitation Services Administration, the
Social Security
?Administration, the State of Michigan
?and from private donations.
?Funding for this report has been made possible
through the U.S.
?Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for
?Children and Families, and the
?Administration on Developmental
Disabilities.?The contents are
?the sole responsibility of the author and do not
necessarily
?represent the official views
?of the U.S.?Department of Health and Human
Services.
?2011 by Michigan Protection and Advocacy
Service, Inc.?This
?publication may be reproduced in part or in its
entirety for
?noncommercial purposes as long
?as appropriate credit is given.
?Table of Contents
?Executive
Summary..........................................................
?
...................................................5
?Midterm
Report...........................................................
?
.........................................................6
?Michigan? Polling Place Accessibility
Project..........................................................
?.........7
?Communicating Accessibility Problems with
Election
?
Officials......................................10
?Next
Steps............................................................
?
..............................................................11
?In
Summary..........................................................
?
..............................................................11
?Accessibility Rate Per
County...........................................................
?................................13
?Executive Summary
?In Michigan, voters with disabilities face
obstacles at voting
?locations often because their polling place
lacks physical
?accessibility.?The Help America
?Vote Act (HAVA) acknowledged the unique
obstacles faced by
voters
?with disabilities and authorized funding for the
federally
?mandated Protection and Advocacy
?Voting Access programs (PAVA) to help remove
barriers.
?Unfortunately, this vital mandate has been
targeted for
?elimination in the President? proposed
?2012 budget.
?HAVA charged Michigan Protection and Advocacy
Service, (MPAS),
?and other Protection & Advocacy agencies
with helping to ensure
?the full participation of
?individuals with disabilities in the electoral
process,
including
?registering to vote, casting a ballot, and
accessing polling
?places.
?The PAVA program at MPAS is designed to ensure
that every
?eligible Michigan resident receives equal access
to their
polling
?location and has the opportunity
?to cast an independent secret ballot.?MPAS
staff members are on
?the ground providing advice, technical
assistance, and training
?to election officials about
?voting accessibility across the spectrum of
disabilities.?The
?agency also provides outreach and training to
voters with
?disabilities, poll workers, and
?service providers.?MPAS and the Secretary
of State of Michigan
?partnered over the past six years working toward
this goal,
which
?has been effective in
?increasing physical access to polling locations
throughout
?Michigan.
?Voting is a fundamental right protected by the
United States
?Constitution, upheld by the Supreme Court and
subject to intense
?public scrutiny each election
?cycle.?Provisions within these protections
prohibit
?discrimination against people with disabilities
in the electoral
?process.?Exercising their Constitutional
?right, however, has continued to be a challenge
for individuals
?with disabilities despite changes made to
federal and state laws
?intended to ensure full
?participation.
?Key Summary
???ì ¨ìž»isability advocates
have visited 95% (3,457) and
?reviewed the exterior of polling locations in
Michigan.
???ì ¨ìŸ–pon initial review,
Michigan Protection and Advocacy
?Service found that only 75% of 3,457 Michigan
polling places
were
?compliant under the Americans
?with Disabilities Act.
???ì ¨ìž¸fter working with
state and local officials, it is
?anticipated that Michigan? accessibility rate
will be increased
?to 90% in 2012.
???ì ¨ìŸf the locations that
were inaccessible, 60% had one
?barrier, 30% had two types of barriers, and 6%
had three or more
?types of barriers.
???ì ¨ìŸnly six of the 84
counties in Michigan were 100%
?physically accessible upon initial visit.
???ì ¨ìŸ‹PAS continues to
receive complaints regarding the
?AutoMARK, Michigan? accessible ballot marking
device.
?Michigan has made great strides toward
accessibility at the
?polls.?This report will highlight the
steps taken to ensure
that
?all polling locations throughout
?Michigan are accessible to voters with
disabilities.?In
?addition, the report will offer recommendations
for Michigan to
?achieve and maintain an accessibility
?rate of 100%.
?2010 Mid Term Report
?Acknowledging widespread irregularity throughout
the country,
?Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
in 2002.?HAVA
?included sweeping legislation
?intended to modernize the electoral system for
all voters,
?including those with disabilities.?The
Help America Vote Act
?reinforced the application of
?Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
and Section 504
?of the Rehabilitation Act.?Furthermore, in
2004, Michigan
?lawmakers amended Michigan election
?law (Public Act 92 of 2004) to require the
removal of physical
?barriers at polling locations.?
Irrespective of both federal and
?state law, 25% of Michigan's
?voting locations continued to be inaccessible
for the November
?2010 general election.?To achieve an
all-encompassing voting
?standard for the fifty states,
?HAVA included two key components for the
disability community:
???ì ¨ìž¸ll polling places
must have at least one voting system
?which allows all citizens to cast a ballot
privately and
?independently, whether or not one
?has a disability.
???ì ¨ìŸ”tates must ensure
accessibility at all public polling
?places in a manner compliant with the Americans
with
Disabilities
?Act (ADA).
?Accessible Voting System
?In 2004, the disability community and the
Michigan Secretary of
?State? Bureau of Elections (BOE) carefully
assessing which
?accessible device would best
?fit the needs of Michigan voters, and in 2006
selected the
?AutoMARK.?The AutoMARK is an accessible
ballot marking device
?that can be used by all voters
?with or without disabilities.
?Although every polling location is equipped with
the AutoMARK,
?each municipality is responsible for making sure
it is set up
and
?operating properly.?Unfortunately,
?MPAS continues to receive complaints about the
AutoMARK.?Voter
?complaints have included the following:?
the AutoMARK was boxed
?up on Election Day, unplugged,
?jammed up, turned off, or set up so other voters
could see the
??ecret?ballot.?Complaints concerning
jammed ballots have been
?greatly reduced since the
?last round of updates were completed.?
Because the AutoMARK is
?used only on Election Day, MPAS relies on voter
feedback to
?correct these kinds of problems.
?MPAS continues to monitor and respond to
complaints as they
?arise.
?Accessible Polling Places
?Under HAVA, the federal government allocated
money to assist
with
?the purchase of accessible equipment like the
AutoMARK, but also
?to help municipalities
?make their polling places physically
accessible.?Congress
?recognized that in order for people to use the
accessible voting
?machines, the building must
?also be accessible so voters can access the
polling location and
?voting equipment.?It is the local election
officials?
?responsibility to make sure all
?polling locations are accessible on Election
Day.?To help cover
?the expense for removing barriers at polling
locations, the
?Michigan BOE administers a
?grant program called Access for All, under the
U.S.?Department
?of Health and Human Services with funding
allocated through
HAVA,
?to help the state comply
?with HAVA.?In most circumstances, the
Access for All grants
?cover all costs associated with accessibility
upgrades for
?polling locations.
?When Michigan? State Plan to implement
provisions under HAVA
was
?initiated in 2004, municipal clerks were
required to complete an
?accessibility checklist
?to determine whether or not their locations were
accessible.
?This was one of the state? first attempts to
gather information
?on Michigan? polling place
?accessibility.?During this time, MPAS and
other organizations
?were working closely with individual election
officials on
?polling location reviews and
?were also training the municipal clerks on the
accessibility
?requirements.?MPAS also spent a
considerable amount of time
?assisting clerks with assessing
?the accessibility of their polling locations and
helping them
?apply for Access for All grant money.?MPAS
found that the
?accessibility data provided by
?clerks was not, in certain instances, wholly
reliable.
?MPAS brought this to the Bureau of Election?
(BOE) attention
and
?shared independent accessibility reviews with
them.?The BOE has
?since increased efforts
?to ensure the accuracy of reporting by improving
communication
?and requiring additional documentation from the
clerks.
?In 2008, MPAS started to assess municipal
polling locations
?randomly, without notifying the election
official in advance.
?After compiling this data on
?polling locations statewide, the systemic issue
of
?inaccessibility became a heightened
concern.?Once these
concerns
?were communicated to the Bureau of
?Elections, they backed a new initiative in 2010
dramatically
?increasing their involvement in the advancement
of polling place
?accessibility.
?This same year, the federal government began
reviewing how the
?states were spending HAVA funds.?This
fueled speculation that
?the federal government would
?eliminate the monies available under HAVA, since
some states had
?not spent their money, rather placing it in an
account and
?allowing the funds to gain
?interest.?Concerned that Congress would
pull the allocated
funds
?completely, which would prevent municipalities
from accessing
?money to make polling places
?accessible, MPAS, along with the Michigan Bureau
of Elections,
?embarked on a project to ensure 100%
accessibility at all
?Michigan polling places.
?Michigan? Polling Place Accessibility Project
?In 2010, Michigan started building the framework
of a statewide
?plan to reach 100% polling place
accessibility.?MPAS and the
?Bureau of Elections strengthened
?their partnership in order to achieve this
goal.?Within this
?plan, MPAS would review the exterior of all
locations throughout
?the state.?Michigan has
?approximately 3,600 polling places in
total.?MPAS had already
?gathered information on 530 polling places prior
to 2010,
?therefore, did not revisit those
?locations (some were initially accessible and
others MPAS worked
?closely with clerks to improve
accessibility.?MPAS is still
?working with clerks to bring
?the remaining 57 of the 530 polling locations
into compliance).
?MPAS was able to visit the remaining 2,927
polling locations in
?2010.
?Overall, MPAS conducted on-site reviews of at
least 95% of the
?polling places in Michigan.
?The on-site reviews conducted in 2010, exposed
nearly 25% of the
?polling places that remained physically
inaccessible as required
?by the Americans with
?Disabilities Accessibility Guidelines.
?Of the 3,457 polling locations noted above,
2,927 were assessed
?between May-August 2010.?Using the ADAAG
as a benchmark to
?determine physical accessibility,
?over 800 polling locations within the 2,927
locations visited,
?had physical barriers failing to comply with the
ADAAG ?
barriers
?that create potential
?difficulties to voters with disabilities on
Election Day.
?Barriers can prevent people with disabilities
from fully
?participating in all aspects of society because
of their
?disability.?This might include
architectural
?barriers, physical barriers, communication
barriers, attitudinal
?barriers, cultural barriers, etc.?
Throughout this project,
MPAS?
?reviews focused primarily
?on physical and external barriers, which are
defined as
something
?material that blocks passage.?Physical
barriers addressed in
?this report include objects
?in the environment such as inaccessible doors or
doorways,
?inaccessible elevators or lack thereof,
inaccessible door
?hardware, inaccessible parking, etc.
?Among the 2,927 polling locations visited in
2010, 28% did not
?meet accessibility standards.?Based on
discussions with the BOE
?in 2008, when MPAS completed
?the unannounced visits, clerks were not only
notified with a
?letter from MPAS concerning accessibility, but
they were also
?notified by the Bureau of Elections.
?MPAS and the BOE required prompt reply about the
municipalities
?plans to meet ADA requirements.?The
letters contained a
?photograph of the problem area(s),
?along with the appropriate ADAAG citation.?
Within a five month
?period, letters were sent to over 440
municipalities concerning
?approximately 800 polling
?locations.
?As shown below, 28% of the polling places
visited in 2010 had
?some type of physical barrier present at the
time of review.
?The following chart highlights the most common
number of
physical
?barriers discovered at each location.
?A majority of the locations reviewed had only
one physical
?barrier present.?While the largest and
most frequent problem
was
?related to parking, the types
?of barriers at each location varied as shown in
the following
?chart.
?Text Box: Parking Signs: locations that had
accessible parking
?but no signs posted?Parking:?
locations that had no parking
?designated or noncompliant access
?aisles?Pathway:?barriers that
existed between access aisles
and
?entryway?Entrance:?problems such as
door width, door
?thresholds, door hardware, vestibules,
?etc.?Ramps/Curbs: problems with curb cuts,
ramps, handrails,
?thresholds greater than 1 inch, etc.
?Communicating Accessibility Problems with
Election Officials
?After completing the on-site reviews, MPAS
notified municipal
?clerks of locations where barriers were
discovered.?Within a
?four-month period, over 440
?letters were sent to election officials.?
By the end of 2010,
88%
?of those clerks responded back to MPAS with a
plan of
correction.
?In addition, MPAS
?provided technical assistance to the election
officials on how
to
?improve access to their polling location in
order to come into
?compliance.ì ¨ìž¹ased on
?the responses received from clerks, 43% informed
us they were
?would make the changes required; 31% corrected
the barriers at
?the polling locations; 9%
?were going to apply for Access for All grant;
and the remaining
?responses varied from clerk using temporary
equipment.
?When a clerk informed MAPS that the work was
completed, MPAS
?required documentation from each clerk proving
or stating that
?the work had been completed,
?including photographs and/or copies of purchase
orders.?A
?majority of the clerks responded either with a
plan of
correction
?for spring 2011 or with a
?statement that the work was completed.?
MPAS is still waiting
for
?some clerks to confirm that the work was done
sufficiently.
Once
?the removal of barriers
?at these locations has been verified, MPAS
expects Michigan?
?polling place accessibility rate to rise to
nearly 90 % ?--
?one of the highest in the nation.
?There remains, however, substantial work to be
completed in the
?city of Detroit in order to reach this
goal.?The remaining 12%
?of clerks, who did not respond
?to MPAS or the Bureau of Election with a plan of
correction,
will
?become a 2011 priority in order to attain 100%
accessibility.
?NEXT STEPS
?While the focus of this report has been on
reaching the 90%
?accessibility rate, there would still be
approximately 10% of
?polling locations in Michigan
?that are not accessible to all voters.?
Some clerks disagree
with
?the findings and MPAS is working with those
clerks.
?In 2011, MPAS will be re-visiting a number of
polling locations
?that are still recorded as being inaccessible,
breaking them
into
?three categories: failure
?to communicate; work promised but documentation
still needed;
and
?locations requiring review by MPAS.
?MPAS will focus attention on election officials
who have failed
?to respond to MPAS communication attempts.?
This may involve
?revisiting the location (some
?clerks correct the problem even when they fail
to respond),
?attending city council/township meetings, filing
official HAVA
?complaints, and/or pursuing
?legal action under different funding
sources.?MPAS?goal has
?always been to educate clerks and assist them
with improving
?access first by proposing solutions
?to removing barriers.
?In 2011, MPAS will also direct its attention to
monitoring the
?correction plans that election officials have
submitted to
ensure
?that barriers are removed.
?MPAS will review the remaining 150 polling
locations that have
?not been visited yet.
?In Summary
?Throughout the 2010 project, the partnership
between MPAS and
the
?Michigan Bureau of Elections (BOE) was
crucial.?The state
?reinforced the necessity of
?accessible elections.?They followed up
with each municipality
?whose polling place was noted as being
inaccessible in order to
?determine the jurisdiction's
?planned course of action.?In addition, the
BOE coordinated and
?extended Michigan's polling place improvement
grant well into
the
?fall to assist municipalities
?in removing barriers to voting at no cost.
?Local election officials can either upgrade
their polling places
?(with or without grant funds), or relocate the
polling place to
?an accessible site.?The
?Bureau of Elections reports that due to the 2010
project, they
?have seen a large increase in the number of
municipalities
?applying for grant money.?In
?an effort to assist with the project, the BOE
extended the
?typical grant cycle by two months, giving clerks
additional
?opportunity to respond to MPAS?
?letter and correct the problem(s) by using grant
funds.?The
?Michigan Bureau of Elections received 74 grant
applications, the
?largest amount ever received
?in one grant cycle.?Of those 74 grant
applications, 66
?applicants received letters from MPAS seeking a
plan of
?correction - 89% of those who applied.
?A large number of municipalities have pledged to
apply when the
?next grant period opens in early 2011.
?If the HAVA/PAVA program survives the President?
proposed
budget
?cuts, MPAS looks forward to continuing the
partnership with the
?Secretary of State, ensuring
?all elections are accessible to all
voters.?Additionally, MPAS
?encourages clerks to reach out to local
disability groups for
?future trainings.?Listed
?below are additional recommendations moving
forward.
?Summary/Recommendations:
???ì ¨ìŸŠocal clerks must be
required to notify the Bureau of
?Elections prior to relocating polling places.
???ì ¨ìž¸ccessibility checks
should be completed when clerks
?change polling locations, to verify
accessibility.?Reports
(with
?photographs) should be submitted
?to the Bureau of Elections.
???ì ¨ìŸew polling locations
must be required to adhere to the
?Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility
Guidelines.
???ì ¨ìŸ•he advisory committee
in charge of amending the State
?Plan (under HAVA) should re-convene and identify
ways to hold
?clerks accountable and implement
?model oversight programs.
???ì ¨ìž¸ccess for All grant
money should be available
throughout
?the year, so accessibility problems can be
addressed anytime
they
?arise.
???ì ¨ìŸ•he Bureau of
Elections and local clerks should continue
?working with disability advocacy organizations
to complete
?year-round polling place accessibility
?audits and training to clerks.
?Accessibility Rate by County
?Table with 9 columns and 85 rows
?County
?Polling Locations
?Visited
?Accessible
?Barriers Discovered
?Percent Visited
?% Accessible of those Visited
?Now Complete
?% Now Accessible
?Alcona
?12
?12
?8
?4
?100%
?67%
?3
?92%
?Alger
?10
?10
?5
?5
?100%
?50%
?5
?100%
?Allegan
?37
?37
?35
?2
?100%
?95%
?1
?97%
?Alpena
?15
?15
?8
?7
?100%
?53%
?1
?60%
?Antrim
?15
?15
?9
?6
?100%
?60%
?2
?73%
?Arenac
?14
?14
?10
?4
?100%
?71%
?3
?93%
?Baraga
?8
?6
?1
?5
?75%
?17%
?1
?33%
?Barry
?23
?23
?18
?5
?100%
?78%
?1
?83%
?Bay
?49
?48
?36
?12
?98%
?75%
?1
?77%
?Benzie
?13
?13
?6
?7
?100%
?46%
?4
?77%
?Berrien
?57
?57
?43
?14
?100%
?75%
?8
?89%
?Branch
?18
?17
?9
?8
?94%
?53%
?6
?88%
?Calhoun
?46
?43
?34
?9
?93%
?79%
?3
?86%
?Cass
?19
?19
?12
?7
?100%
?63%
?6
?95%
?Charlevoix
?18
?16
?10
?6
?89%
?63%
?1
?69%
?Cheboygan
?20
?20
?14
?6
?100%
?70%
?5
?95%
?Chippewa
?19
?18
?13
?5
?95%
?72%
?4
?94%
?Clare
?19
?16
?13
?3
?84%
?81%
?2
?94%
?Clinton
?28
?26
?24
?2
?93%
?92%
?1
?96%
?Crawford
?7
?7
?6
?1
?100%
?86%
?0
?86%
?Delta
?21
?20
?11
?9
?95%
?55%
?1
?60%
?Dickinson
?15
?15
?6
?9
?100%
?40%
?5
?73%
?Eaton
?36
?36
?28
?8
?100%
?78%
?2
?83%
?Emmet
?19
?19
?12
?7
?100%
?63%
?5
?89%
?Genesee
?119
?109
?84
?25
?92%
?77%
?2
?79%
?Gladwin
?17
?17
?11
?6
?100%
?65%
?1
?71%
?Gogebic
?10
?10
?7
?3
?100%
?70%
?2
?90%
?Grand Traverse
?28
?27
?27
?0
?96%
?100%
?0
?100%
?Gratiot
?23
?23
?16
?7
?100%
?70%
?2
?78%
?Hillsdale
?21
?21
?12
?9
?100%
?57%
?3
?71%
?Houghton
?31
?22
?9
?13
?71%
?41%
?5
?64%
?Huron
?30
?29
?18
?11
?97%
?62%
?5
?79%
?Ingham
?95
?81
?78
?3
?85%
?96%
?0
?96%
?Ionia
?22
?22
?17
?5
?100%
?77%
?1
?82%
?Iosco
?15
?15
?14
?1
?100%
?93%
?1
?100%
?Iron
?12
?12
?6
?6
?100%
?50%
?2
?67%
?Isabella
?25
?25
?19
?6
?100%
?76%
?1
?80%
?Jackson
?47
?45
?34
?11
?96%
?76%
?2
?80%
?Kalamazoo
?97
?97
?79
?18
?100%
?81%
?7
?89%
?Kalkaska
?12
?12
?8
?4
?100%
?67%
?1
?75%
?Kent
?209
?207
?174
?33
?99%
?84%
?11
?89%
?Keweenaw
?5
?4
?4
?0
?80%
?100%
?0
?100%
?Lake
?15
?15
?8
?7
?100%
?53%
?2
?67%
?Lapeer
?24
?24
?20
?4
?100%
?83%
?2
?92%
?Leelanau
?13
?13
?8
?5
?100%
?62%
?1
?69%
?Lenawee
?30
?30
?23
?7
?100%
?77%
?4
?90%
?Livingston
?48
?45
?35
?10
?94%
?78%
?0
?78%
?Luce
?4
?4
?3
?1
?100%
?75%
?0
?75%
?Mackinac
?13
?10
?5
?5
?77%
?50%
?1
?60%
?Macomb
?235
?233
?188
?45
?99%
?81%
?17
?88%
?Manistee
?15
?15
?11
?4
?100%
?73%
?3
?93%
?Marquette
?29
?29
?16
?13
?100%
?55%
?1
?59%
?Mason
?23
?23
?15
?8
?100%
?65%
?3
?78%
?Mecosta
?22
?22
?18
?4
?100%
?82%
?1
?86%
?Menominee
?16
?14
?8
?6
?88%
?57%
?0
?57%
?Midland
?38
?29
?22
?7
?76%
?76%
?4
?90%
?Missaukee
?17
?17
?14
?3
?100%
?82%
?3
?100%
?Monroe
?42
?36
?27
?9
?86%
?75%
?5
?89%
?Montcalm
?26
?25
?21
?4
?96%
?84%
?2
?92%
?Montmorency
?9
?9
?7
?2
?100%
?78%
?1
?89%
?Muskegon
?72
?71
?68
?3
?99%
?96%
?2
?99%
?Newaygo
?28
?28
?22
?6
?100%
?79%
?3
?89%
?Oakland
?410
?380
?292
?88
?93%
?77%
?46
?89%
?Oceana
?18
?18
?12
?6
?100%
?67%
?0
?67%
?Ogemaw
?16
?16
?10
?6
?100%
?63%
?5
?94%
?Ontonagon
?14
?10
?3
?7
?71%
?30%
?0
?30%
?Osceola
?18
?18
?14
?4
?100%
?78%
?2
?89%
?Oscoda
?6
?6
?4
?2
?100%
?67%
?1
?83%
?Otsego
?10
?10
?7
?3
?100%
?70%
?2
?90%
?Ottawa
?88
?88
?79
?9
?100%
?90%
?5
?95%
?Presque Isle
?16
?16
?10
?6
?100%
?63%
?3
?81%
?Roscommon
?11
?11
?11
?0
?100%
?100%
?0
?100%
?Saginaw
?75
?75
?61
?14
?100%
?81%
?8
?92%
?Sanilac
?30
?30
?26
?4
?100%
?87%
?3
?97%
?Schoolcraft
?10
?10
?6
?4
?100%
?60%
?2
?80%
?Shiawassee
?27
?27
?17
?10
?100%
?63%
?3
?74%
?St.?Clair
?52
?48
?44
?4
?92%
?92%
?3
?98%
?St.?Joseph
?17
?17
?12
?5
?100%
?71%
?2
?82%
?Tuscola
?25
?24
?16
?8
?96%
?67%
?2
?75%
?Van Buren
?23
?22
?19
?3
?96%
?86%
?1
?91%
?Washtenaw
?106
?100
?70
?30
?94%
?70%
?0
?70%
?Wayne
?568
?519
?325
?194
?91%
?63%
?28
?68%
?Wexford
?20
?20
?14
?6
?100%
?70%
?1
?75%
?Total
?3635
?3457
?2579
?878
?95.10%
?74.60%
?289
?83%
?table end
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:01:14 -0400
From: Katie Wang <bunnykatie6 at gmail.com
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?Chris, there is no Download button on Web
Braille. Instead, when you
are taken to the book itself, just press Space with s
on your Braille
Note and you will be prompted for where you would like
to save the
file and what you would like to name it. NLS saves
each braille volume
of a book in a separate file, so you will have to do
this multiple
times if you are dealing with a book that is in more
than one volume.
I have been a Web Braille user for many years and find
it a great
resource, although I have come to rely on Bookshare
more in the past
few years for pleasure reading since it has a much
larger, more
current collection.
?Lea, I don't think you are doing anything wrong
on your end-- It
might be a NLS database issue. I would suggest
contacting your state
NLS library again and see if they can get you
some?sort of technical
support contact info. Someone from the central program
that
administers the Web Braille service might need to look
into your
situation.
?Hope this helps!
ì ¨ìŸ‡atie
On 7/10/11, Lea williams <leanicole1988 at gmail.com
wrote:
I tried to sing up with this sight and when I log
in it says my user
name and password is wrong. I have called and
gotten it changed three
times and it still says it. wonder what I am
doing wrong.
On 7/9/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I have a question for all you NLS Web Braille
users! I recently
registered for WebBraille, and am looking
forward to all it has
to offer.?But I do have this question:
when I click on a link
for a book, where can I find a link, button,
or something where I
can download the BRF file(s) onto my
BrailleNote? I tried to
download Walking Alone and Marching Together
last night, and when
I clicked on the link, it put me into the
actual book to read
online, but I wanted to download the book to
read it in my
BrailleNote's book reader at a later
date.?How can I do this?
Thanks!
Chris
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(Camp Abilities motto)
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Maryland have the ability to confidently say
"I can!" How? Click
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:46:14 -0400
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Hi all,
I?m interested in starting a blog or maybe more than
one blog.
So what accessible sites are there??Do bloggers
generally write first
person stories, or about things they see that are more
objective?
Any of you have a blog??How often do you update
it??Is it possible to
upload photos to it to go along with your story? Or
maybe you need sighted
help to post photos?
What about audio? What format do audio clips need to
be in?
Can you have more than one blog on the same site? Can
you write as much as you want or is there a word
limit?
I enjoy writing and I?d like to share with friends and
family. I figured
blogging would be a neat way to write stories about
myself, life and my
opinions on things like books, technology, and
religion.
What site can you write like a journal about
yourself?
Thanks.
Ashley
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:50:08 -0500
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible blog and journal
sites
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Ashley:
Why not start an accessible forum, online, for blind
people?
I've found an accessible one.
V Bulletin, is quite accessible, with an audio
captcha, (if they still have
it.)
To see 2 forums, from V Bulletin, here are some
examples.
www.apostolicfriendsforum.com, and
www.goodnewscafe.net.
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/10/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
wrote:
Hi all,
I?m interested in starting a blog or maybe more
than one blog.
So what accessible sites are there??Do
bloggers generally write first
person stories, or about things they see that are
more objective?
Any of you have a blog??How often do you
update it??Is it possible to
upload photos to it to go along with your story?
Or maybe you need
sighted
help to post photos?
What about audio? What format do audio clips need
to be in?
Can you have more than one blog on the same site?
Can
you write as much as you want or is there a word
limit?
I enjoy writing and I?d like to share with
friends and family. I figured
blogging would be a neat way to write stories
about myself, life and my
opinions on things like books, technology, and
religion.
What site can you write like a journal about
yourself?
Thanks.
Ashley
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:42:30 -0400
From: <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing
list"
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible blog and journal
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Joshua,
What is a forum like? Isn't that for a group of people
to discuss something
common?
Is that how a forum differs from a blog?
This would be a good idea if?I had several
people interested in a forum.
I'll see about it. I have a beep ball team and that
was one of the things I
wanted to blog about. But yes if more people want to
post online, I'd like
the idea of a forum. A blog would be more for my
writings, if I do it.
I'll check those links out and I'm glad to know they
are accessible.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Lester
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:50 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible blog and journal
sites
Ashley:
Why not start an accessible forum, online, for blind
people?
I've found an accessible one.
V Bulletin, is quite accessible, with an audio
captcha, (if they still have
it.)
To see 2 forums, from V Bulletin, here are some
examples.
www.apostolicfriendsforum.com, and
www.goodnewscafe.net.
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/10/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
wrote:
Hi all,
I?m interested in starting a blog or maybe more
than one blog.
So what accessible sites are there??Do
bloggers generally write first
person stories, or about things they see that are
more objective?
Any of you have a blog??How often do you
update it??Is it possible to
upload photos to it to go along with your story?
Or maybe you need
sighted
help to post photos?
What about audio? What format do audio clips need
to be in?
Can you have more than one blog on the same site?
Can
you write as much as you want or is there a word
limit?
I enjoy writing and I?d like to share with
friends and family. I figured
blogging would be a neat way to write stories
about myself, life and my
opinions on things like books, technology, and
religion.
What site can you write like a journal about
yourself?
Thanks.
Ashley
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:52:18 -0400
From: Elizabeth <lizmohnke at hotmail.com
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] Thanks for the Help at National
Convention
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Hello All,
I have done my best to thank everyone individually for
the help they have
provided me over the past week. However, I thought I
would also send out a
general message to thank anyone I may have missed
along the way. My
convention may not have gone the way I wanted it to
go, but it was exactly
what I needed for reasons I am not willing to share on
such a public email
list.
Since the last time I checked the messages on this
list was before
convention, it is quite possible that someone may have
already said what
happened, or at least their version of the story.
However, I have already
shared my version of the story about a million times
by now, so if you are
curious as to what happened, you will just have to
wait for another time.
The bottom line is that I am going to be just fine. I
just wanted to show
my appreciation to those who may have helped me along
the way.
Thanks,
Elizabeth
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:22:03 -0500
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
list
????<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible blog and journal
sites
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Yes.
Are you familiar with the beap baseball?
I just heard about it, on the DJD Invasion.
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/10/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
wrote:
Joshua,
What is a forum like? Isn't that for a group of
people to discuss
something
common?
Is that how a forum differs from a blog?
This would be a good idea if?I had several
people interested in a forum.
I'll see about it. I have a beep ball team and
that was one of the things
I
wanted to blog about. But yes if more people want
to post online, I'd
like
the idea of a forum. A blog would be more for my
writings, if I do it.
I'll check those links out and I'm glad to know
they are accessible.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Lester
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:50 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students
mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible blog and journal
sites
Ashley:
Why not start an accessible forum, online, for
blind people?
I've found an accessible one.
V Bulletin, is quite accessible, with an audio
captcha, (if they still
have
it.)
To see 2 forums, from V Bulletin, here are some
examples.
www.apostolicfriendsforum.com, and
www.goodnewscafe.net.
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/10/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
wrote:
Hi all,
I?m interested in starting a blog or maybe
more than one blog.
So what accessible sites are there??Do
bloggers generally write first
person stories, or about things they see that
are more objective?
Any of you have a blog??How often do
you update it??Is it possible to
upload photos to it to go along with your
story? Or maybe you need
sighted
help to post photos?
What about audio? What format do audio clips
need to be in?
Can you have more than one blog on the same
site? Can
you write as much as you want or is there a
word limit?
I enjoy writing and I?d like to share with
friends and family. I figured
blogging would be a neat way to write stories
about myself, life and my
opinions on things like books, technology,
and religion.
What site can you write like a journal about
yourself?
Thanks.
Ashley
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:50:20 +0000 (UTC)
From: Amy Sabo <amylsabo at comcast.net
To: "BLIND STUDENTS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF"
<NABS-L at NFBNET.ORG>,
????"OF BLIND STUDENTS,
COLORADO ASSOCIATION" <CABS at NFBNET.ORG
Subject: [nabs-l] aim problem
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hello all,
i hope that you are all doing well. i'm having
problems with the latest
version of aim. i have tried tabbing to all of the
features on it to change
the settings on it but, jfw won't let me do that. is
there a way in where i
can access aim with jfw? are there speciall scripts
for jfw that i can use?
thanks again and, i will talk to you all soon!
hugs,
amy
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:35:34 -0700
From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing
list'"
????<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] aim problem
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The last thing I heard about AOL Instant Messenger
(AIM) was about 2 years
ago on a podcast about JAWS and instant messaging (by
the way, it was the
FS
cast). Maybe they have updated the software and now it
is inaccessible with
JAWS? I don't know...but, what version of JAWS are you
using? Which
operating system? Which version of aim?
Cheers,?Humberto
-----Original Message-----
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On
Behalf
Of Amy Sabo
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 9:50 PM
To: BLIND STUDENTS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF; OF BLIND
STUDENTS, COLORADO
ASSOCIATION
Subject: [nabs-l] aim problem
hello all,
i hope that you are all doing well. i'm having
problems with the latest
version of aim. i have tried tabbing to all of the
features on it to change
the settings on it but, jfw won't let me do that. is
there a way in where i
can access aim with jfw? are there speciall scripts
for jfw that i can use?
thanks again and, i will talk to you all soon!
hugs,
amy
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:50:05 -0500
From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] iPal for sale
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Eye Pal for sale. $1299
I can be contacted via email at mbrianwooten at gmail.com
Thanks,
Brian
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