[NFBMO] Requesting Your Valuable Help

Melissa Smith mdsmith32811 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 9 22:25:20 UTC 2018


Gary, just a clarifying question, is the accessible voting machine not an option only for the absentee voting prior to the election, or is it also not available at the polls on election day? 
Thanks,

Melissa Kane
Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 9, 2018, at 2:38 PM, Gary Horchem via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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