[NFBSF] Accessible voting

[Kit La]

Hi Tiffany,
Thanks for your info.
Kit

On 11/6/20, Tiffany via NFBSF <nfbsf at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> When I have voted before in person you use a machine called an auto Mark
> machine. You insert a paper ballot and then it’s like a screen reader that
> reads to you the options with headphones and tactile buttons on a little
> remote type thing that usually have braille and are different shapes. use
> the little remote to follow the instructions and mark the ballot and then it
> marks it for you and print it out and print and then you submit it just like
> everybody else.
> Tiffany
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>>   1. How does accessible voting work for the blind, please (Kit Lau)
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>> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 17:23:16 -0800
>> From: Kit Lau <alau106 at gmail.com>
>> To: NFBSF at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [NFBSF] How does accessible voting work for the blind, please
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>> Hi nfb members,
>> Would some body who went to the voting booth and voted, would u please
>> tell me what?s the procedure.  I always vote by mail and have never gone
>> to the voting booth! Do we get a Braille sheet and stamp what we want to
>> vote or done by push button on some kind of monitor? sorry for my
>> ignorance! my friends from H.K. asked how does blind people in america and
>> I don?t know the answer. need your expertise. Thanks.
>> Kit
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