[nabs-l] I did it!!!!
Sami Osborne
ligne14 at verizon.net
Wed Nov 5 21:32:04 UTC 2014
Congratulations! That's awesome!
Unfortunately for me, I will have to wait 10 more modnths until
I can vote, as I am not 18 yet, but will turn 18 next September.
I hope that when I do vote, there will be an accessible machine
as well.
Congratulations again on your first time voting!
Sami.
----- Original Message -----
From: jonathan franks via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com>,National Association
of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:25:30 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I did it!!!!
Congratulations!
I voted yesterday as well. This will be a great opportunity for
you to
advocate for accessible voting machines in your area.
Where I vote does has accessible voting machines, however
yesterday
the machines did not work correctly. I did vote in the
Presidential
Election and used an accessible voting machine for the first time
two
years ago and it was a very empowering experience.
On 11/5/14, Sophie Trist via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
I turned eighteen last week and voted for the first time
yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a really exciting moment for me.
There are many methods for blind people to vote. My precinct
didn't have an accessible voting machine, so a poling worker
went
into the booth with me and assisted me. I really feel like
voting
for the first time was a major step forward in my independence
and establishing myself as a young blind adult.
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