[NFBMT] LEGISLATIVE ALERT: SB 291 REVISE LAWS ON VOTING SYSTEMS AND BALLOT FORM

Mon Apr 1 01:46:11 UTC 2019

My opinion about having a ballot that you fill out online and then print and 
mail or bring to your voting facility is this.  First it assumes that a person 
has a printer that works, and right now I don't.  Second, it would print out on 
regular printed paper and have to be transcribed onto a paper ballot by 
somebody at the polling place.  I'm sure they would do what they could to 
preserve secrecy and privacy, but there is still that intermediary step of 
having someone else transfer my votes to a paper ballot that can be counted 
with the rest.  I'm not sure that's something I can buy into.  I always go down 
in person and use the machines, and I hope that whatever machines they go to 
will be as accessible for me as the AutoMARK has been.

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Dar via NFBMT
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 8:11 AM
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Cc: Dar <dmgina at mysero.net>
Subject: Re: [NFBMT] LEGISLATIVE ALERT: SB 291 REVISE LAWS ON VOTING SYSTEMS 
AND BALLOT FORM

What I don't understand, is we made such a fuss over the machines, now we want 
to make sure we can vote from home.
I feel folks got unhapppy with the help from others to vote, now we want it 
different again.
I would stick with the machines.
To be out in public working with others to vote is more important than staying 
home.
Just my thoughts.
I am not for the paper balets.

Dar
Every Saint has a past,
Every sinner has a future, Sent from my iPad

> On Mar 29, 2019, at 11:17 PM, BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER via NFBMT 
> <nfbmt at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hello, fellow Montana Federationists.
>
>
>
> SB 291, the bill to revise laws on voting systems and ballot form,
> will have a public hearing on Tuesday, April 2 at 8:00 A.M. before the
> House State Administration Committee.
>
> It already sailed through the Senate, and now it's the House's turn to
> consider SB 291.  We should make our voices heard concerning our
> desire to vote privately and independently, and our desire to assure
> that our ballots are the same as everyone else uses.  Since there are
> no voting machines available now that comply with our wishes, the only
> other option is to push for integration of the machines so that an
> increased number and diversity of voters will use them
>
>
>
> If I can find transportation to Helena, I will be going to represent us.
> Regardless of whether I am able to go, I sent in my testimony.  See below.
>
>
>
> Snip snip
>
> I am writing as an individual who is blind, and also as the first vice
> president of the National Federation of the Blind of Montana, the
> largest consumer advocacy and civil rights organization in the United
> States, consisting of over fifty thousand members, and with chapters
> in all fifty states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto
> Rico.  The only way I would be for this bill is if all voters were
> encouraged to use the same voting technology, so that the ballots of
> disabled voters cannot be distinguished from those of nondisabled
> voters.  I would feel better if our privacy and secrecy rights were
> built in to the process from the beginning, rather than added on as a
> rather clumsy afterthought.  The ballots used by the disabled should
> be of the same size and content as those used by the nondisabled
> population.  that is the only way to guarantee the secrecy and privacy
> of voting which every other citizen enjoys.  I can't stress this strongly 
> enough.  thank you for taking my concerns into consideration.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> Snip snip
>
>
>
> If you would like to leave a message for a legislator, you can call
> 406-444-4800 and operators will take a message that will be forwarded
> to legislators.  Please be aware that they will ask for your name and
> address, which will not be shared other than with the legislator. The
> operators can take a message for up to 5 legislators at one time or to an 
> entire committee.
>
>
>
> You may also contact legislators using the online web message form.
>
> https://leg.mt.gov/web-messaging/
>
>
>
> Joy Breslauer, First Vice President and Public Policies Committee
> chair
>
> 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 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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