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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Voting Resources<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Once you have exercised your fundamental right to vote, please complete our 2022 Blind and Low-Vision Voter Experience Survey! We encourage blind people, regardless of their political views, to participate in the American democracy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind is working to ensure that all blind voters have the ability to vote privately and independently.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If your circumstances do not allow you to vote privately and independently this year, we still urge you to vote and then complete the 2022 Blind Voter Survey (details available soon on our homepage). You have the right to have a person of your choice assist you in voting, either by mail or at the polls, if you cannot fill out your ballot privately and independently.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2022 Voting Stories<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are collecting stories about the personal experiences of blind voters for potential sharing with media, policymakers, and the public. These stories will help personalize and illustrate the need for improvements in the accessibility of federal, state, and local elections. Send your story to myvote@nfb.org. You can also call 410-659-9314, extension 8683 (which spells out VOTE on your telephone keypad), and leave us a voicemail. Include your name, where you live, and how we can contact you if we need to follow up.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2022 Blind and Low-Vision Voter Experience Survey<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires that voters with disabilities must be afforded an opportunity to vote privately and independently that is equivalent to the opportunity afforded to voters without disabilities. This requirement applies to both in-person voting and voting by mail for the upcoming general election on November 8, 2022.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Once you have exercised your fundamental right to vote, please complete our 2022 Blind and Low-Vision Voter Experience Survey! The 2022 survey consists of two separate surveys. If you voted in-person at an early voting center or your local polling place for the 2022 United States general election, please complete the in-person survey. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are a blind or a low-vision voter who voted absentee or by mail for the 2022 United States general election, please complete the by mail survey.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ballot Marking Device Videos<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind has conducted a survey of blind and low-vision voters following every presidential election since 2008, as well as the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections. These surveys indicate that as many as one-third of all poll workers do not know how to operate the accessible ballot marking device (BMD), and that some blind and low-vision voters are not familiar with BMD accessibility features. The result of this lack of knowledge is that too many blind and low-vision voters end up voting with assistance rather than privately and independently using the BMD. To help address this knowledge gap, the National Federation of the Blind has produced videos that demonstrate the accessibility features and how to mark a ballot with four of the most commonly used BMDs. These videos are videos are now available for poll worker training and voter education. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Clear Ballot Clear Access<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below is a direct link to the above information and also included on this page are link to fill out the survey. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb.org/resources/voting-resources">https://nfb.org/resources/voting-resources</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>