[Nfbmo] FW: HB 1278 - Accessible Voting Equipment

Dacia Luck dacia.luck at gmail.com
Sun Jan 19 00:07:14 UTC 2014


Thanks for the clarification.

On 1/18/14, Shelia Wright <sbwright95 at att.net> wrote:
>
> Rep. has already introduced the bill and on January 16 it was assigned to
> Committee. Good progress on behalf of Rep. English. Now we Next step will be
> talking to each committee member and ask that they support the bill and get
> the bill scheduled for a hearing. I'll post the list of the Committee
> members here soon. If someone else has time and the inclination to look up
> the Elections Committee before I can, that would be great too! Below is the
> summary I grabbed off the web page. If you want to tract bills you can do so
> at house.mo.gov and go to bill tracting. This will let you pull up the bill,
> last action, bill status, etc.
>
> Shelia
> HB1278
>  English (068)
> BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED VOTERS (4181H.01I)
>  Requires election authorities to make available at least one electronic
> voting machine per polling location for blind or visually impaired voters at
> an election in order to comply with federal law
> Hicks (107) , et al
>  Last Action: 1/16/2014 - Referred: Elections
> ------------------------------
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 9:09 AM CST Dacia Luck wrote:
>
>>So at the risk of asking a dumb question is HB 1278 Rep English's bill
>>or will he be submitting another bill as well along with whoever is
>>submitting HB 1278?
>>
>>Dacia
>>
>>On 1/18/14, Chris <cktisdal at charter.net> wrote:
>>> Hey Shelia,
>>>
>>> Just to let you know, Brent Ford talked with Rep. English last week.
>>> Rep.
>>> English will be re-introducing his bill!!!!
>>>
>>> Warmly,
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Shelia Wright" <sbwright95 at att.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:13 PM
>>> To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] FW: HB 1278 - Accessible Voting Equipment
>>>
>>> Okay, HB  1278 is the Accessible Voting Bill. Erase that number in my
>>> text
>>> in your mind and may it never be said again. I'm assuming that most of
>>> you
>>> reached this conclusion on your own but I wanted to let you know I too
>>> realize mo error and don't require all of you to email this correction
>>> to
>>>
>>> me
>>> (grins and giggles).
>>> Shelia
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shelia Wright
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:05 PM
>>> To: nfbmo at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Nfbmo] FW: HB 1278 - Accessible Voting Equipment
>>>
>>> Below is a summary I received from Marty Exline concerning HB xxxx on
>>> Accessible Voting which was introduced by Rep. English.
>>>
>>> Shelia Wright
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: modisabilaw-bounces at lists.mo.gov
>>> [mailto:modisabilaw-bounces at lists.mo.gov] On Behalf Of Marty Exline
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:51 AM
>>> To: MO Disability Policy/Law Listserv
>>> Subject: [Modisabilaw] HB 1278 - Accessible Voting Equipment
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HB 1278 - Accessible Voting Equipment
>>>
>>> Rep. English
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This bill is identical to the one that Rep. English sponsored last year.
>>> It
>>> has not been assigned to a committee.  Last year's bill was not assigned
>>> to
>>> a committee by the Speaker until late in the session, so did not get a
>>> committee hearing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The bill requires at least one accessible voting machine to be available
>>> for
>>> use at each polling place for all statewide elections, elections for the
>>> general assembly or local elections.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Currently, the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) requires one
>>> accessible
>>> machine at each polling place for all federal elections.  However, for
>>> elections when there are no national contests such as President, U.S.
>>> Senate, or U.S. Representative, the requirement does not apply.  Local
>>> election officials do not always make accessible equipment available for
>>> elections where there are no federal contests.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HB1278 also includes a provision that any additional election costs for
>>> the
>>> maintenance and use of the accessible machines during statewide and
>>> general
>>> assembly elections shall be paid for by the state and subject to
>>> appropriations.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HB1278 also specifies that voters are not required to provide
>>> confirmation
>>> of blindness or visual impairment to use accessible voting machines.
>>> The
>>> bill also mentions that "blind or visually impaired voters" may also
>>> vote
>>>
>>> by
>>> absentee ballot if they choose -- although this is an already an option
>>> for
>>> persons with disabilities.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ###
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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