[NFBMO] Requesting Your Valuable Help

[Gary Horchem]

I voted absentee before Election Day at the election office in
Springfield (Greene County) the accessible machine is not an option.
Paper ballot is the only option.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 9, 2018, at 14:11, Dacia Luck via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> Shelia, I sent my experience by email Wednesday morning. Let me know
if you did not get it. The only thing I did not include, is that I am in
Boone County.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 9, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Stan Magoon via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
>> 
>> Shelia,
>> 
>> In case Erin does not see this...she votes absentee and we have not
had any issues whatsoever. The ballot arrives weeks before and I read it
to her and mark her preferences. We then drive her to the Clerk’s office
and she turns it in.
>> 
>> Hope that helps!
>> 
>> Joy!
>> Lynda
>> 
>>> On Nov 9, 2018, at 11:00 AM, Shelia Wright via NFBMO
<nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> We are preparing for a meeting later this month with Missouri's
Secretary of
>>> State to discuss accessible voting in Missouri. This topic is one
that we
>>> have worked on for a number of years now and I urge you to not grow
weary or
>>> so discouraged that you do not take action when we request it. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> You can help by sending us the name of your county and your voting
>>> experience in the most recent election. This will help us have
firsthand
>>> experiences to use to support our concerns. Also, this gives us an
>>> opportunity to see if you have concerns we do not have on our list
of issues
>>> to discuss with Secretary Ashcroft. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If we do not act concerning current issues, we will be left behind
in the
>>> future as technology and elections change. We simply need to be at
the table
>>> and take advantage of every opportunity to assure that our voter
rights are
>>> considered whenever change occurs.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Also, I would urge you to participate in the blind voter experience
survey.
>>> Here's what President Riccobono had to say about this in the
President's
>>> Notebook this week:
>>> 
>>> 2018 Blind and Low Vision Voters Experience Survey:
>>> 
>>> After voting in the 2018 midterm election, blind and low vision
voters are
>>> encouraged to complete our 2018 Blind and Low Vision Voter
Experience
>>> Survey. Blind and low vision voters who cast their ballot at an
early voting
>>> center, local polling place on Election Day, or by absentee ballot,
should
>>> complete the survey at 
>>> 
>>> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9BBTKZP.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you tried to participate in the survey but had a problem, I ask
that you
>>> try again. There was a brief problem with the survey but it was
corrected
>>> quickly. So try again, please.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> There you have it. Two ways you can take action to help others blind
and low
>>> vision individuals those who follow us in the future. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you want to make a difference and leave a legacy, the National
Federation
>>> of the Blind of Missouri is a great place to get involved.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thank you to those that will act upon these requests!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Shelia Wright, President
>>> 
>>> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
>>> 
>>> 7928 NW Milrey Drive, Kansas City, MO 64152
>>> 
>>> 816-741-6402
>>> 
>>> President at nfbmo.org <mailto:President at nfbmo.org> 
>>> 
>>> www.nfbmo.org <http://www.nfbmo.org> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and
friends
>>> who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day
we work
>>> together to help blind people live the lives they want.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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