<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div>Janice, good luck with your testimony tomorrow. This would be a great resolution for next years convention. Please let us know how it goes. </div><div><br></div><br>Marsha drenth <div>email: <a href="mailto:marsha.drenth@gmail.com">marsha.drenth@gmail.com</a> <div>Sent with my IPhone </div><div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Please note that this email communication has been sent using my iPhone. As such, I may have used dictation and had made attempts to mitigate errors. Please do not be hesitant to ask for clarification as necessary.</span> </div></div></div><div><br>On Aug 11, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Janice Toothman via nfb-db <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi Everyone,</span><br><span></span><br><span>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.</span><br><span></span><br><span>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.</span><br><span></span><br><span>However, two individuals on the Maryland Board of Elections do not want this accessible ballot because of concerns for security and increased voter fraud.</span><br><span></span><br><span>But there is not indication the the accessible absentee ballot has a higher security risk than the online absentee ballot that sighted individuals complete.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Janice</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>nfb-db mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>