[Nfbf-l] Election Day tomorrow

[Judith Hamilton]

Bill,

Thank you for providing this information.  I also voted early and was not
as diligent as I should have been.  I happened to be out with a volunteer
driver and asked them if I could stop at the local library to early vote. 
Unfortunately, I did not have my sample ballot with me and in addition I
did not realize that Alachua County had several ballots for this election;
not only state district reps., but I believe specific questions related to
particular precinct areas.  The county purchased DeBold audio ballot
machines to have one at each precinct location on election day and one at
each of the 3 early voting sites.  Everyone else does the optical scan
system, or chooses absentee ballot so that they have a paper ballot record.
I requested to use the audio ballot and I thought that the poll worker
programmed the card for my precinct number.  I voted, but did not review
the ballot as carefully as I should have.  When I returned home later in
the evening and reviewed my sample ballot, I realized I had not heard one
of the races on my ballot.  I do not know if I inadvertently skipped it, or
the worker programmed the wrong ballot, or it was left off that audio
ballot.  I called the elections office the next day to inquire about it,
but have not received a response.  If there was something wrong with the
audio ballot system, I did not want anyone else to run into a problem.  In
any event, use this experience as a lesson to know the information on your
voter registration card; review your ballot before casting it; if something
does not feel right to you, ask the poll worker.  I have learned from my
mistake.
Judy      




> [Original Message]
> From: Bill Outman <woutman at earthlink.net>
> To: NFB of Florida Listserv <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: 11/3/2008 1:33:44 PM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Election Day tomorrow
>
> Hi, list.
>
> Just a reminder in case anyone by chance had forgotten, ( how could you
this
> year?) it's Election Day tomorrow.
>
> Many of you took advantage of early voting as I did.  Thursday I went to
the
> local public library to cast my ballot.  It took about 90 minutes from the
> time I entered the building until I was finished voting.
>
> Included in this time was having to re-cast my vote due to the fact I was
> set up for the wrong precinct on the machine, so I had to have the first
> ballot canceled  before I completed it.  The machine was reset for my
> precinct and I had the correct candidates, namely the correct state house
> district which was where I noticed the problem.  It all worked out in the
> end.
>
> Have a good day.
>
> Bill Outman
> Secretary, Greater Daytona Beach Chapter
> National Federation of the Blind
>
>
>
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