[nfbmi-talk] voting fiasco!

[Mary Ann Rojek]

The machine in Jackson also worked fine.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J.J. Meddaugh" <jj at bestmidi.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] voting fiasco!


> It may be worth noting the voting location where these problems occured.
> We had no problems in kalamazoo City precinct #3. This county seems to 
> have
> their act together.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "dennis" <dennisl1982 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Michigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 1:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] voting fiasco!
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>
>>i also had troubl in mi
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <trising at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "NFB of Michigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:11 AM
>> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] voting fiasco!
>>
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>>> Did anyone else have trouble yesterday in casting an independent and
>>> secret vote. We waited close to two hours, only to discover that our 
>>> Auto
>>> Marks machine would not recognize the ballot. Noone at our polling
>>> location knew how to fix it. I asked one official if someone would lend 
>>> a
>>> cell phone so we could call the NFB's voting number. The lady could
>>> barely use the cell phone and kept asking me questions about the phone
>>> like, "Should I press this big silver button? I do not have a cell 
>>> phone.
>>> Of course, I was not familiar with the phone. I would think the buttons
>>> would be labeled, but the lady seemed to have difficulty.  When we
>>> finally got through, the call was dropped when it was transferred to the
>>> technology assistance department. I had to catch a cab to another
>>> location, and had already been at the polling place for close to two and
>>> a half hours. I was told I would have to wait for a custodian to come
>>> from another location to attempt to fix the machine, or I could let a
>>> worker fill out the ballot. Since time was getting short, I had someone
>>> fill out the ballot. I was really looking forward to using the machine 
>>> to
>>> cast a secret and independent vote. We had even gone to training, where
>>> we were allowed to use the machines to fill out a silly ballot, in order
>>> to familiarize ourselves with the machine. It worked fine for the tests,
>>> but not when it really mattered.
>>>
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