[NFBMT] HB 455 Dies

Fri Feb 26 22:03:12 UTC 2021

Let me know if that link works.

You gotta be really vigilant about looking at what the legislature is doing 
every single day, and even then something might slip by.  I am really concerned 
about the voter reforms that they are trying.  HB 455 to me tried to solve a 
nonexistent problem and make it a lot harder to vote.  What they were trying to 
do was "prevent voter fraud" and "make sure dead people aren't voting."  I 
think if they purge the rolls more consistently they will catch most of that. 
Most of that is human error.  I heard about a situation when they thought 
somebody voted who was dead.  Upon further investigation, it was found that 
Senior had died, and Junior had voted.  They both had the same name.  Human 
error.

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBMT <nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Laurie via NFBMT
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2021 2:52 PM
To: NFB of Montana Discussion List <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Laurie <lauriejaquiss at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBMT] HB 455 Dies

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-restricti
>> n
>> 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-restrict
>>> i
>>> n
>>> g-abse
>>> ntee-ballots-in-montana?fbclid=IwAR0Xjshd5ASWIw_kVAGqFz1NqYItoYiy38f
>>> N
>>> 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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