[NFBMT] Voting Problems

[d m gina]

Ask Dan,
how did they vote the last time before this.
I thought it was from the computer.
Dar
Original message:
> We voted, but we took our absentee ballots down to the county elections
> office and ran them through the AutoMARK.  I would have loved to use the
> online voting system, but right now I don't have a working printer.  If we
> didn't need to have a printer, I would use it all the time.  I would love to
> help advocate for such a thing.  It is becoming available in a few other
> states.  If we could advocate for this and a touchscreen system that all
> could use, including the blind and otherwise disabled, we would have the best
> of both worlds.  Joy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of president--- via NFBMT
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2020 3:52 PM
> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List' <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: president at nfbofmt.org
> Subject: [NFBMT] Voting Problems

> 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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