[nabs-l] voting

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hello Sophie,

Something I did the first time I was old enough to vote that 
might help you is to go to my city clerk's office and ask this 
question to the clerk.  Not only is this a good way of finding 
out how things are done in your state (as Elizabeth says they 
vary), but because I then had a personal relationship with the 
clerk she made sure that the accessible machine at my poling 
place was set up, and I've never had a problem voting.  When they 
know ahead of time that a blind person wants to vote, election 
workers tend to be more than happy to accommodate them, but for 
instance where I live there are seven precincts, and there's only 
one other blind person who uses the accessible machines.  
Absentee ballots as far as I know are never in Braille.  Some 
states are moving to online voting though, and I know the NFB is 
working to try to make that accessible.

I hope you have a great first experience voting!

Best,
Karl

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Sophie Trist via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: nabs <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:52:25 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] voting

NABS friends,

I'm turning eighteen this fall, just in time to vote in my
state's senatorial elections. And I was wondering, how do blind
people vote? D we enter a voting booth with a friend or pole
worker and just tell them what buttons to push? I might be making
this up, but I might have heard something once about how blind
people can get absentee ballots sent to them in braille. Thanks
in advance for your answers!

Yours sincerely,
Sophie

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