<div dir="auto">Below is the Voting Experience survey from the National Federation of the Blind. If you haven’t already completed the survey please take a few minutes to do so. </div><div dir="auto">Have a Happy Thanksgiving!</div><div dir="auto">Cathy</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">National Federation of the Blind</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:webmaster@nfb.org">webmaster@nfb.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 7:26 PM<br>Subject: Reminder: Share Your Voting Experiences<br>To: Cathy Jackson <<a href="mailto:cathyj1949@gmail.com">cathyj1949@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="height:20px"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align:top">
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:600px">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none">
<table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:#0075c9;border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;height:10px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;width:100%">
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:transparent;border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none"><img alt="" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/top-blue-bar.jpg" style="background-color:#0075c9;border-color:currentcolor;border-style:solid;border-width:0px;display:block;height:28px;margin:0px;width:600px"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none">
<table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;height:10px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;width:100%">
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:transparent;border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27868&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img alt="National Federation of the Blind logo and tagline live the life you want" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/nfb-logo-for-email-template.jpg" style="background-color:transparent;border-color:currentcolor;border-style:solid;border-width:0px;display:block;height:220px;margin:0px;width:200px"></a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:medium none;border-left:medium none;border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none">
<table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="height:145px;width:600px">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-color:initial;border-style:none;border-width:medium;height:20px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%">
<h1 style="margin-top:16px"><span style="font-size:28pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Submit Your Voting Experience in Survey by December 8</span></span></span></h1>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27869&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Voting Resources</a> | <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27870&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">En español (Spanish)</a></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We are grateful for the tireless work of advocates like you who support equality, opportunity, and security among our fellow blind friends and family. Sharing your experience in the election is still needed. <em>If you have already submitted the survey, please disregard this message. Thank you!</em></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We advocate for the right of blind and low-vision Americans to vote privately and independently. And, while our efforts have resulted in much progress, we will continue our work as long as there are blind voters who are denied this fundamental right. </span></span></span></p>
<blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="color:black"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“In spite of the requirement of the Help America Vote Act, which was signed into law in 2002, that every polling place have at least one accessible voting machine for all federal elections, it is still not uncommon for a blind voter to arrive at their polling place and find that there is no accessible way for them to vote privately and independently,” says Lou Ann Blake, Director of Research Programs, Blindness Initiatives, National Federation of the Blind</span></i></span></span></p>
</blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All blind and low-vision voters, please share both good and bad voting experiences you've had in this 2022 general election by completing our Blind and Low-Vision Voter Experience Survey! English and Spanish versions are available below. If someone is not able to access the survey online, they can call 410-659-9314 and get assistance from either Lou Ann Blake (extension 2221) or Jeff Kaloc (extension 2206). Please complete and share the survey.</span></span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27871&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Voting Survey (In-Person)</a> </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27872&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Voting Survey (Absentee or Mail)</a></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Spanish Survey: <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27870&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Encuesta de votantes ciegos en español</a></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">After completing the survey, please consider posting on social media the voting survey links for other people to submit. Sharing <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27873&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">our Facebook post</a> if you use that platform would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help on this important matter. </span></span></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:3px"><span style="font-size:18pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About Our Voting Efforts and Resources</span></span></span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires that blind and low-vision voters must be provided an opportunity to vote privately and independently that is equivalent to the opportunity provided to voters without disabilities. For many years the National Federation of the Blind has advocated for the right of blind and low-vision Americans to vote privately and independently, and while our efforts have resulted in much progress, we will continue our work as long as there are blind voters who are denied the private and independent exercise of their fundamental right.</span></span></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="height:8px"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="background-color:#002f6d;padding:0;border:0;margin:0 auto;width:600px"> <tbody> <tr style="height:60px"> <td style="width:135px"> </td> <td style="width:55px;background-color:#002f6d;padding:0;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27874&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <img alt="Facebook Logo" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-facebook-ms.png"> </a> </td> <td style="width:55px;background-color:#002f6d;padding:0;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27875&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <img alt="Twitter Logo" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-twitter-ms.png">
</a> </td> <td style="width:55px;background-color:#002f6d;padding:0;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27876&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <img alt="Instagram Logo" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-instagram-ms.png"></a> </td> <td style="width:55px;background-color:#002f6d;padding:0;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27877&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <img alt="YouTube Logo" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-youtube-ms.png"></a> </td> <td style="width:55px;background-color:#002f6d;padding:0;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27878&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <img alt="Email Icon Image" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-email-ms.png"></a> </td> <td style="width:55px;background-color:#002f6d;padding:0;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27879&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <img alt="Donate to the NFB Icon." src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/iof-donte-ms.png" style="border-width:0px;border-style:solid;border-color:currentcolor;display:block;background-color:transparent;margin:0px;width:50px;height:35px"> </a> </td> <td style="width:135px"> </td> </tr> <tr style="color:white;height:25px"> <td colspan="8" align="center" style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">
National Federation of the Blind | <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+E+Wells+Street+%7C+Baltimore,+MD+21230?entry=gmail&source=g">200 E Wells Street | Baltimore, MD 21230</a> | 410-659-9314 </td> </tr> <tr style="height:25px"> <td colspan="8" align="center" style="color:white;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=20269&qid=7992793&h=eccfeab679144d9a" title="Unsubscribe" style="color:white;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold" target="_blank">Unsubscribe</a> | <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=20269&qid=7992793&h=eccfeab679144d9a" title="Opt Out" style="color:white;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold" target="_blank">Opt
Out</a> | <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=27880&qid=7992793" rel="nofollow" title="Sign up for email newsletter" style="color:white;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold" target="_blank">Sign Up for Our E-newsletter</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" align="center" style="display:none;color:white;font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold"> <div><span><span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+East+Wells+St.+Baltimore+,++21230+United+States?entry=gmail&source=g">200 East Wells St.</a></span><br><span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+East+Wells+St.+Baltimore+,++21230+United+States?entry=gmail&source=g">Baltimore</a></span>, <span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+East+Wells+St.+Baltimore+,++21230+United+States?entry=gmail&source=g">21230</a></span><br><span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+East+Wells+St.+Baltimore+,++21230+United+States?entry=gmail&source=g">United States</a></span></span></div>.. </td> </tr> </tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="background-color:#002f6d;padding:0;border:0;margin:0 auto;width:600px"><tbody></tbody> </table>
<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/open?qid=7992793" /></div></div>