[nfb-db] Accessible Voting for DB
Marsha Drenth
marsha.drenth at gmail.com
Mon Aug 11 15:31:30 UTC 2014
Janice, good luck with your testimony tomorrow. This would be a great resolution for next years convention. Please let us know how it goes.
Marsha drenth
email: marsha.drenth at gmail.com
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> On Aug 11, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Janice Toothman via nfb-db <nfb-db at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> ON Wednesday, August 13 in as part of a lawsuit filed by the NFB I will testify in a Maryland State Court House about how the current voting accommodations for the Deaf-Blind do not allow us to vote PRIVATELY AND INDEPENDENTLY.
>
> The NFB has developed and accessible absentee ballot that can be done in your home using the adaptive technology that you is best suited to you to complete the ballot.
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> However, two individuals on the Maryland Board of Elections do not want this accessible ballot because of concerns for security and increased voter fraud.
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> But there is not indication the the accessible absentee ballot has a higher security risk than the online absentee ballot that sighted individuals complete.
>
> Janice
>
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