[NFB_of_Georgia] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] National Federation of the Blind Election Day Blind Voter Hotline and Blind Voter Survey

[Dorothy Griffin]

NFB HOTLINE AND VOTER EXPERIENCE SURVEY FOR BLIND AND LOW-VISION VOTERS



The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) requires that every polling place have at
least one accessible voting machine available for every federal election so
voters with disabilities can cast a private and independent ballot. To help
ensure that blind and low-vision voters are not denied this right, the
National Federation of the Blind will host an Election Day hotline that
blind and low-vision voters, poll workers, and voting rights advocates can
call when problems with accessible voting technology or other barriers are
preventing a blind voter from casting a private and independent ballot.



The hotline will be available on November 3, 2020, by calling
1-877-NFB-1940 ( 1-877-632-1940( from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific
standard time. Individuals who have experience in the operation of
accessible voting technology will be staffing the hotline to provide
assistance to blind voters, election officials, and voting rights
advocates.



Once you have exercised your fundamental right to vote, please complete our
2020 Blind and Low-Vision Voter Experience Survey! The 2020 blind and
low-vision voter experience survey consists of two separate surveys. If you
voted absentee or by mail using an accessible electronic ballot delivery
system or a traditional paper ballot, please complete the survey for blind
and low-vision voters who voted absentee or by mail at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YJJL7GN.



If you are a blind or low-vision voter who voted at an early voting center
or at a polling place on Election Day, please complete the survey at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NGFMPF2.



Questions about the blind voter hotline or the blind voter survey may be
directed to Lou Ann Blake, by e-mail at lblake at nfb.org or by phone at
410-659-9314, extension 2221, or Jeff Kaloc, by email at jkaloc at nfb.org or
by phone at 410-659-9314, extension 2206.



Be sure to make your voice heard by exercising your right to vote!



Lou Ann Blake, J.D.

Director of Research Programs, Blindness Initiatives

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

(410) 659-9314, extension 2221 | lblake at nfb.org





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-- 
Dorothy Griffin - President
National Federation of the Blind of Georgia
dgriffin at nfbga.org
770-374-4832

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.