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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Attached and below my signature is the legislative fact sheet for Montana for 2019. Please contact your local legislator, let him or her know how very important these topics are to us, and ask him or her to sponsor these bills in the 2019 Montana legislature. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Joy Breslauer, Public Policies Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Montana <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Web Site: <a href="http://www.nfbofmt.org/">http://www.nfbofmt.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Live the life you want</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>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. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2019 Legislative Fact Sheet <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The following fact sheet summarizes the public policy positions adopted by the National Federation of the Blind of Montana for the 2019 Montana Legislature.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim Marks, President, National Federation of the Blind of Montana<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: (406) 438-1421 or Email: <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="mailto:president@nfbofmt.org">president@nfbofmt.org</a> or </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joy Breslauer, Chair, Public Policies Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: (406) 454-3096 or Email: <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="mailto:breslauerj@gmail.com">breslauerj@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We support legislation that:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Prohibits the payment of sub-minimum wages to workers with disabilities, and prioritizes the procurement of jobs in the community with comparable wages and benefits for Montanans with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Establishes an accessible electronic voting system that conforms with web accessibility and voting privacy standards as an option when elections are conducted by mail.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Assures that the ballots used by blind voters are of the same size and content as ballots used by all other citizens in order to comply with private voting rights.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Adopts civil and criminal penalties for actions and/or negligence which results in the death of or harm to guide dogs or other service animals used by Montanans with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Affirms that the parental rights of blind parents will be upheld and protected when visitation, custody, foster care, or adoption is determined to be otherwise in the best interest of the child. <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In addition, the National Federation of the Blind of Montana vigorously supports the autonomy, funding, and staffing of Blind and Low Vision Services in the Division of Disability Employment and Transitions of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>