[NFBMT] mail ballot election

Fri Mar 3 16:08:01 UTC 2017

Even an unruly or unkempt service dog can be excluded from a public place.
The law states that whatever kind of service dog you have, it must be under
your control at all times.

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From: NFBMT [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of sheila leigland
via NFBMT
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 8:59 AM
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Subject: Re: [NFBMT] mail ballot election

I didn't know about thembill if a person goes by federal guidelines about
what a service dogs actually is, a bill shouldn't be necessary. a service dog
must perform a task in regards to a specific disability such as guiding or
alerting a deaf individual to sounds. a therapy or suport dog is not under
the law a service dog.

On 2/28/2017 1:22 PM, Rik James via NFBMT wrote:
> The vote in the US Senate to confirm Ryan Zinke as Secretary of
> Interior is scheduled for midnight our time.
> After that they, actually the Montana governor, Steve Bullock, will
> schedule and then announce the date for the special election to
> replace our sole Montana representative in the US House of Representatives.
>
> The 30 hours of deliberation in the Senate will end at midnight.
> I have been kind of keeping C-SPAN 2 turned on here at home, quite a
> bit these several weeks, in order to follow the proceedings of cabinet
> confirmations and the various other items they are addressing, or not
> addressing.
>
> I don't know how much you all have been following the Montana legislature.
> And the vote about the mail only ballot.
> But good on you, Joy. You had it on your radar.
> As many of you probably know, the Republican leadership tried to kill
> it, and urged their party members to vote it down, citing that too
> many people would vote if it were a mail only ballot. And that kind of
> generated a lot of national media attention. Rightly so, in my view.
>
> But anyway, I imagine that it will be an easy thing for each precinct
> to have an electronic ballot made available.
>
> But those who will not and or cannot do the mail only ballot are
> surely wise to let their own precinct workers, wishes and needs be known.
> The personal touch always is best, is it not?
>
> I wonder did any of you know about the house bill that addresses the
> use of service animals?
> I happened to be watching the 2nd ballot votes last week, and heard
> about it it on the TV.
> I don't have this state legislature channel unless I use my separate
> TV input with the actual antennae and turn off my DirecTV. The House
> and Senate sessions and many of the committee hearings are on that Montana
PBS channel.
> The bill as I understood it, was to allow people like businesses or
> whatever who feel that a person with a service animal is not legitimate to
prove it.
> The supporters said that fraud is rampant and too many people now are
> coming in with their pets and saying it is a service animal, when it
> is obvious that it is not.
>
> Montana does not have any certification program, and the wording of
> the bill was left deliberately vague.
>
> The only person who spoke in opposition to the bill was the lady who
> is administrator of Department of Health Human Services.
> She said that several disability groups had said that they were
> opposed to the bill.
>
> But the vote passed on the 2nd reading, 67 to 38 as I remember.
>
> Discussion?
> Late I was to learn. Of it
> I wonder if any of you have heard about it?
> Rik James
>
>
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> From: NFBMT [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d m gina
> via NFBMT
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 10:10 AM
> To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at sero.email>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] mail ballot election
>
> Is there a time to vote in May or something like that? I am confused.
>
> Original message:
>> For your information.
>
>
>
>> I called the registrar of voters today just to make sure that
>> electronic voting machines would be available for use by the blind
>> and other disabled individuals if there is a mail only ballot to
>> replace Representative Ryan Zinke.  They said by law they have to be
>> available for us.  When they know more about how the balloting is
>> going to be done, they will have a better idea of where to place the
>> electronic voting machines.  Just thought you'd like to know.
>
>
>
>> Joy Breslauer, President
>
>> National Federation of the Blind of Montana
>
>> Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/>
>
>
>
>> Live the life you want
>
>
>
>> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
>> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise
>> the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create
>> obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life
>> you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>
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