<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Esther Harlow <<a href="mailto:eharlow@droregon.org" class="">eharlow@droregon.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Did you have an issue with voting today?</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">May 17, 2016 at 4:03:31 PM PDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Julie Wright <<a href="mailto:julie@oralhull.org" class="">julie@oralhull.org</a>>, Jim Jackson <<a href="mailto:actionjimjackson@gmail.com" class="">actionjimjackson@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:kwagner8197@gmail.com" class="">kwagner8197@gmail.com</a>, Jan Sran <<a href="mailto:blindob@gmail.com" class="">blindob@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:kjocums@icloud.com" class="">kjocums@icloud.com</a>, <a href="mailto:president@nfb-oregon.org" class="">president@nfb-oregon.org</a>, Sharon Elder <<a href="mailto:sharon.access@comcast.net" class="">sharon.access@comcast.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div class="gmail_default">Hello,</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default">I'm wondering if you would forward this message to your networks, particularly any voters you know who are blind.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default">Thank you!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default">Many Oregonians with disabilities, including blind voters, use the <b class="">Alternate Format Ballot</b> available by email or on the Secretary of State's website.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default">Some screen readers are not reading "Yes" and "No" on ballot measures on the May 17 ballot, making it difficult for blind voters to know how they are voting. This impacted all ballot measures in Oregon, including the gas tax in Portland and local bond measures.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default"><b class="">Did you or someone you know use a screen reader to mark an Alternate Format Ballot? </b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b class="">Did you have a problem knowing if you were voting yes or no?</b></div><div class="gmail_default"> </div><div class="gmail_default">If you are concerned your vote did not count correctly or you are not sure you voted the way you want, please call Disability Rights Oregon at <a href="tel:800-452-1694" value="+18004521694" target="_blank" class="">800-452-1694</a>, or the Secretary of State's Elections Division at <a href="tel:866-673-8683" value="+18666738683" target="_blank" class="">866-673-8683</a>.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default">The Elections Division is aware of the situation and has worked to remedy it for future elections.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" class="">Esther Harlow<br class="">Voting Rights Advocate, Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA)<br class="">Disability Rights Oregon<br class=""><a href="mailto:eharlow@droregon.org" target="_blank" class="">eharlow@droregon.org</a><br class="">503-243-2081
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