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

d m gina dmgina at mysero.net
Tue Apr 2 21:05:57 UTC 2019 

At that time there was no machine for the blind, they just wanted those 
of us not to use the machine if you were not a senior.
When I went down town to vote, because the manager asked me if I voted, 
then I was told I could have done it from the building.
My friend who lives in a senior building t this time says she will just 
do what she has always done. Has someone help her out.
Then there are no problems in the building.

Original message:
> What machine was brought in for the Seniors?  Was it one the blind could use?
> Denying someone their right to vote for whatever reason is against the law.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina via NFBMT
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 10:29 PM
> To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] LEGISLATIVE ALERT: SB 291 REVISE LAWS ON VOTING SYSTEMS
> AND BALLOT FORM

> A machine is brought in for the seniors where the blind have to ask for help
> they didn't want to bring in anything where the blind could vote on their
> own.
> This is what a friend shared with me in the building they live in.
> They don't want to cause trouble.

> Original message:
>> I have no idea what you mean.  Are you saying that in senior living
>> places people don't go out to vote, and they don't bring the machines
>> in to the places so they can use them?  That's against the law.  No
>> matter how old I am or how much trouble I supposedly cause, I will not
>> let someone else vote for me.  The end.  Joy

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of d m gina via NFBMT
>> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 2:39 PM
>> To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: d m gina <dmgina at mysero.net>
>> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] LEGISLATIVE ALERT: SB 291 REVISE LAWS ON VOTING
>> SYSTEMS AND BALLOT FORM

>> It was called to my attention in senior buildings, the blind have to
>> get help voting, because they don't want to cause trouble asking for
>> the machine to work for us as well.
>> I really felt bad they felt this way.
>> If I had to have to have someone help me vote again this way I would
>> rather do a balet at home and mail it.

>> Original message:
>>> I certainly don't want to go back to the days of having someone else
>>> in the voting booth with me to assist me in voting, although that is
>>> still an option for those who want it.  I want my vote to be cast
>>> with as little outside intervention or interference as possible.  Not
>>> only is that my desire, but also my right as a U.S. citizen, in my
> opinion.

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Denise via NFBMT
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 7:50 PM
>>> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List' <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: denisejmoses at gmail.com
>>> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] LEGISLATIVE ALERT: SB 291 REVISE LAWS ON VOTING
>>> SYSTEMS AND BALLOT FORM

>>> Joy,
>>> I totally agree with you.  We have had great luck & no problems with
>>> the Auto mark machines.  I hope they could create an accessible
>>> online ballot we could fill out & that it couldn't be hacked, changed &
> private.
>>> I remember years ago when we had to either take someone with us to
>>> read the ballot & fill it out for us or have an official do it for
>>> us.  I
>> hated that.
>>> I hope congress will listen to us.
>>> Denise
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of BRUCE&JOY
>>> BRESLAUER via NFBMT
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 5:55 PM
>>> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List' <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER <breslauerj at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] LEGISLATIVE ALERT: SB 291 REVISE LAWS ON VOTING
>>> SYSTEMS AND BALLOT FORM

>>> I am for the machines, too, but if they are becoming obsolete and
>>> hard to repair and they are going to put them out of service, I want
>>> to make sure that whatever they go to is accessible to us and
>>> preserves our right to vote privately and independently.  I for one
>>> have had excellent experiences with the AutoMARK and the people who
>>> are there to
>> service it when it malfunctions.
>>> If people have problems with their voting experience, there is a
>>> phone number to call to complain.  I don't know what they are moving
>>> to, but I want to be one of the ones who helps make the decision.
>>> Nothing about us
>> without us.
>>> They had better ask us what works for us instead of assuming
>>> something will that won't.  Joy

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Dar via NFBMT
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 8:11 AM
>>> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
>>> 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



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>>>> 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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