[NFBMT] HB 455 Dies

[Laurie]

Joy:  it may be dead at this point, but with the current climate and desire to suppress votes—-the issue isn’t dead. Thanks for the follow up. Y’all have a good day and be safe. 

Laurie

> On Feb 26, 2021, at 2:31 PM, BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER via NFBMT <nfbmt at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> To read the bill itself, which is a moot point since it didn't pass, go to
> 
> http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billhtml/HB0455.htm
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Laurie via NFBMT
> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 2:11 PM
> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Laurie <lauriejaquiss at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] HB 455 Dies
> 
> Joy:
> 
> Yes that link works. Thanks. I wanted to read about this bill.
> 
> Laurie
> 
>> On Feb 26, 2021, at 2:07 PM, president--- via NFBMT <nfbmt at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Joy's link works great.  Neither of mine did.
>> 
>> Joy, can you tell us how to insert a link properly?  My method is to
>> go to the address bar in a web browser, copy the URL, and then paste
>> it into an e-mail.  It looks as though the links I cut and pasted are
>> broken into parts, probably because the length of the link exceeds the
>> line length for my e-mail.  Sure would love to know how to do it properly. 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of BRUCE&JOY
>> BRESLAUER via NFBMT
>> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 1:54 PM
>> To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List' <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER <breslauerj at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] HB 455 Dies
>> 
>> Does this work?  Joy
>> 
>> https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-politics/panel-kills-bill-restrictin
>> g-abse
>> ntee-ballots-in-montana
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Laurie via NFBMT
>> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 1:30 PM
>> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Laurie <lauriejaquiss at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NFBMT] HB 455 Dies
>> 
>> Hi Jim:  the link takes me to page Not found.  I think the entire link
>> didn't make it through.
>> 
>> Just making sure you know.
>> That is good news. Making it harder to vote is terrible policy in any
>> side of the fence.
>> 
>> Laurie.
>> 
>>>> On Feb 26, 2021, at 1:09 PM, president--- via NFBMT
>>>> <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ?Hi All,
>>> 
>>> HB 455, a state bill that would have made it much more difficult to
>>> vote absentee died in a legislative committee.  This is good news for
>>> us because the bill singled out voters with disabilities from
>>> absentee voting, and this would have placed unnecessary barriers
>>> between blind Montanans and our right to vote.  .  Here is a link to the 
>>> story:
>>> 
>>> https://www.ktvh.com/news/montana-politics/panel-kills-bill-restricti
>>> n
>>> g-abse
>>> ntee-ballots-in-montana?fbclid=IwAR0Xjshd5ASWIw_kVAGqFz1NqYItoYiy38fN
>>> r
>>> U6XGf4
>>> auvQHRf_0rIDnHEA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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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