[NFBF-Melbourne] FW: ***Legislative Alert!!!***

Camille Tate ctate2076 at att.net
Thu Apr 8 03:10:22 UTC 2021


Dear MSCC Members: 

 

Please see the below message. This issue is and should be important to every
one of us who exercises our right to vote. Please let me know if you need
any help participating. 

 

Thanks,

Camille 

 

From: Camille Tate <ctate2076 at att.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 11:09 PM
To: 'NFB of Florida List for Leaders' <nfbf-leaders at nfbnet.org>; 'NFB of
Florida Internet Mailing List' <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Cc: 'Camille Tate' <ctate2076 at att.net>
Subject: ***Legislative Alert!!!***

 

Dear Florida Federationists: 

 

We have a legislative alert regarding the current Vote By Mail bill in the
Florida House and Senate. It is HB7041 and SB90, which will change current
Vote By Mail into a process that will further disenfranchise disabled
voters. The Florida House Appropriations Committee will hear this bill on
Thursday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. We strongly encourage every member of the
National Federation of the Blind of Florida to reach out to their State
Representative. Attached to this email is a letter to send, on National
Federation of the Blind of Florida letterhead. 

 

The letter is created in a way that all you have to do is insert your name
and chapter name in the indicated spots. If you hold a title within our
affiliate, please add that in the signature area, below your name. 

 

The National Federation of the Blind and the National Federation of the
Blind of Florida believe that we must protect our right to vote
independently and privately. The current legislation will infringe upon our
right to independently use the Vote By Mail process and impact our ability
to cast such vote by the means in which we have always done. The bill will
remove many drop box locations, not allow you to utilize a friend or family
member who does not live with you to return your ballot and, require you to
register to vote by mail every year, using a process that is generally
inaccessible to you. 

 

Let each of our voices be heard. Let us protect the right to vote privately
and independently that we have fought for years to secure. 

 

If you need assistance, please reach out to me. I will help in any way I
can. Reach out to your chapter president. I urge all presidents to let your
members know about this important alert and how they can participate. 

 

Sincerely, 

 

Camille Tate 

President, Melbourne Space Coast Chapter, National Federation of the Blind,
FL 

Board of Directors, National Federation of the Blind, FL 

Email: ctate2076 at att.net <mailto:ctate2076 at att.net>  

Phone: 321 372 4899 

 

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