[Ohio-talk] FW: Action Alert: Ensure your Vote is Counted

Thu Nov 20 21:30:55 UTC 2008

Check this out and act accordingly ok!

JW

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>Subject: FW: Action Alert: Ensure your Vote is Counted
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>From: "McCarthy, Jim" <JMcCarthy at nfb.org>
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>J W,
>I received the following email from AAPD's project on disability 
>voting.  Though I am not sure how much the settlement will impact members 
>of your affiliate, I think it is worth your knowing just in case there are 
>blind shut in folks who may still want to vote.
>Best
>Jim McCarthy
>
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>From: AAPD-DVP [mailto:vote at aapd.com]
>Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:16 PM
>To: McCarthy, Jim
>Subject: Action Alert: Ensure your Vote is Counted
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>DVP Alert
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>Ohio Secretary of State Ordered to Accommodate
>Action Required by Tomorrow
>
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>Secretary of State Brunner has been ordered by a federal judge to make 
>reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities who are restricted 
>to their homes and cannot travel to the county boards of elections to 
>correct their absentee ballots. Any person with a disability who is unable 
>to travel must request an accommodation by TOMORROW, November 21, 2008.
>
>This is a direct result of the work of AAPD, Sue Hetrick at the Ohio 
>Disability Vote Coalition, the Ohio Legal Rights Service (OLRS) and a 
>private attorney who filed a lawsuit in Federal court last Friday.  They 
>alleged that the Secretary of State and the Franklin County Board of 
>Elections violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Equal 
>Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution by not making reasonable 
>accommodations for an absentee voter with disabilities who can not travel.
>
>Action Alert: This decision not only impacts the 2009 election but was 
>made "permanent", meaning the changes must be made and held for every 
>election hereafter. We cannot stress enough that your help is needed in 
>spreading the word ASAP....Please notify people with disabilities in Ohio 
>that they MUST call their Board of Elections before Friday (November 21st) 
>if they need someone to come to them in order to correct their ballot.
>
>Congratulations to Sue Hetrick, the Ohio Disability Vote Coalition and 
>Ohio Legal Rights Services!  For more information: 
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>About the Disability Vote Project
>DVP works in a non-partisan manner to eliminate the barriers to voting 
>and, in close collaboration with coalition partners in states around the 
>country, to increase political participation for individuals with 
>disabilities. DVP aims to get people with disabilities registered to vote; 
>strives to educate them on how to get to their polling places and what 
>their rights are at the polling places; and works to make polling places 
>accessible to voters with all disabilities.
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>About AAPD
>The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is the largest 
>national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United 
>States. It organizes the disability community to be a powerful force for 
>change - politically, economically, and socially - and recognizes the 
>value of working in broad coalitions to foster unity, leadership and 
>impact.  AAPD is dedicated to achieving total equality for and full 
>participation of people with disability in all aspects of society, 
>recognizing that this is the social justice issue of our time.
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