[nabs-l] Need for political listserve?

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Ashley,
Do you use Braille? If so, do you have a Braille notetaker, or access
to a Braille embosser like at your college? If so, you could Braille
the script or read it from your Braille notetaker.
Best,
Arielle

On 9/19/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Bridgit,
> Well, we'll see what happens when and if a list is created. One could make
> the argument you did for other topics like faith, Yet we have a faith talk
> list sponsored by NFB. We could say those individuals should just go join
> general faith lists instead.
>
> On a different, more relevant note, I agree we need to be active and support
> our candidates and get out in the community and vote. The problem with
> accessible voting is that when I go to vote, the poll workers don't know
> where the accessible talking machine is or how to get it working. I used it
> a few times when the workers did know what to do though. Other times, I
> still voted, with assistance though with out that accessible machine. Last
> few times, what they did at my precinct was either do electronic voting via
> the touch screen machine or a paper ballot. Paper ballots were marked like a
> scantron form. Most citizens opted for the paper ballot because it was
> quicker and they had a record of your vote then. I did that with assistance.
>
> Also, when volunteering for my chosen congressmen, I wanted to phone
> citizens like other volunteers. They follow a script and fill out forms. But
> I don't know if I can do that. There's reading involved. So, I did other
> tasks that did not involve reading or a computer such as organizing
> literature  and stuffing envelopes for mass mailings.
> So, any thoughts on how to partake in phoning people, or what is called
> phone banking, would be good.
>
> Ashley
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bridgit Pollpeter
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 6:38 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] Need for political listserve?
>
> I'm not sure why many feel we require a listserve specific to discussing
> blind bills and issues. We already do that on the various lists that
> exist. Important information such as legislation is always disseminated
> among all the list, and members are free to comment on it. We certainly
> have discussed topics relating to blindness and politics on this list in
> the past. I fail to see why we require a separate list for politics when
> what you propose is already being done. And instead of another list
> where subjects are talked to death, perhaps we should get out into our
> communities and actually do something about it.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog for Live Well Nebraska.com at
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
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> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:31:14 -0500
> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
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> We need a list, where we can discuss political issues, and how they
> relate to us as blind individuals.
> There isn't a listserve, for that.
> There are some for mainstream political discussions, but there isn't
> one, that discusses the issues, and how they relate to us.
> I'm talking about different bills, and laws that are signed, that
> don't represent our interests.
> We need a list to discuss that.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
>
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