[nfb-db] Deaf-blind focus group on access technology and voting

[Marsha Drenth]

Too bad I won't be available to take part in this focus group, oh well maybe next time! 

Marsha drenth  
Sent with my IPhone 

> On Nov 6, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Scott Davert <scottdavert at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all.
> I'm passing the below info on at the request of Lou Ann blake. I
> don't, as of yet, have details on where we would go to participate,
> but I will have them tomorrow if people are interested.
> 
> Dear Scott,
> 
> I hope this e-mail finds you well.
> 
> The National Federation of the Blind will be conducting, via online
> chat, a focus group for deaf-blind voters on Tuesday, November 12,
> 3:00-4:00 p.m. EST. The purpose of this focus group is to learn from
> deaf-blind individuals about the types of barriers they currently face
> in casting a private and independent ballot, and about the types of
> personal access technology used by the deaf-blind that could remove
> these barriers. This information will be provided to voting technology
> researchers and developers during a seminar hosted by the NFB in
> December 2013.
> 
> We would be very happy if you could participate in this focus group.
> We need your input so that we can work with election technology
> researchers and developers to design voting systems that will enable
> deaf-blind citizens to vote privately and independently! Please feel
> free to contact me if you have any questions. I have attached the
> focus group agenda for your information.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Lou Ann
> 
> 
> 
> Lou Ann Blake, J.D.
> 
> HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator
> 
> Jernigan Institute
> 
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> 
> 200 East Wells Street
> 
>    at Jernigan Place
> 
> Baltimore, MD 21230
> 
> Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221
> 
> Fax: (410) 659-5129
> 
> E-mail: lblake at nfb.org
> 
> Web site: www.nfb.org
> 
> 
> 
> Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
> For more information, please visit: www.carshelpingtheblind.org or
> call 1-855-659-9314.
> <11-12-13 Deaf-Blind Focus Group Agenda.docx>
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