[NFBMT] Voting Problems

[d m gina]

We went to the court house.
The machine wasn't working corectly so they helped us vote.
Dar
Original message:
> Hi All,

> Did anyone vote in the most recent primary election using the Secretary of
> State's (SOS) electronic balloting system?  That system allows voters with
> disabilities to request and get an electronic ballot in a writable PDF file
> that can be completed independently with computer assistive technology,
> printed, and mailed to the local election office.

> I tried, but I did not get the code and link to the PDF.  I have no idea
> what went wrong, but I completed all the steps required to vote this way.  I
> was supposed to get an e-mail back from my county election office.  I never
> got that e-mail.  I am going to file a complaint about this and see how to
> prevent a repeat of the error, which I believe was a mistake or flaw in the
> system and not something I did wrong.

> It sure would be great to hear if others were successful or not with this
> process.  BTW, it was hard to find and complete the steps necessary to vote
> this way.  For some reason, most of the directions were in PDF files rather
> than the easier-to-use HTML format of webpages.  The SOS says the method is
> hardly used, and now I think there is a very good reason why most Montanans
> with disabilities don't use this alternative voting system.  I gave it my
> best shot, and it failed utterly.  We need to make voting this way a real
> option, including changing things so that we do not have to print anything.

> Please get back to me on this list or privately.  Thanks much!



> Jim Marks
> President
> National Federation of the Blind of Montana
> president at nfbofmt.org
> (406) 438-1421
> www.nfbofmt.org

> You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.



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