[Ohio-talk] voting

Mon Aug 8 16:02:55 UTC 2016

Delsenia, that email was so full of stories that I sent it to Lou AnneBlake at the national office. She should be getting these stories right along. Shelbi is right; it does depend of each county what will happen. My poling place is great because theyknowIam here and will be voting. I know the guy who codes the cards,and he just whips t out coded for audible and nothing on the screen for other people to see. It never hurts for us to call he board of elections this time of year to be sure that they ae training workers and to be sure that we have the right number to call on election day if there is trouble. They should be ready at the board to walk workers through the process of setting up the card for us.

Barbara Pierce 
President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
440-774-8077
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> On Aug 8, 2016, at 8:56 AM, Delcenia via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I share your frustration. 
> 
> First, I have to give Cuyahoga County Board of Election a little credit.
> They have tried and are doing better. Once I was involved with a group that
> visit the Board of Election to have a demonstration on the machine and to
> express our concerns as a disable person. It was a group of us that consist
> of myself a visually impaired and hearing impaired person, another legally
> blind person, a person in a wheel chair, and a person with other multiple
> disability that he had difficulty voting using his hands. It was quite an
> interesting day for all of us. The funny thing that happen that day was the
> machine did not work properly while we were there so they had an opportunity
> to see some of what we were referring to. It was an eye opener for those
> workers that were there. 
> 
> I have experienced a time when I went to vote and a person from each party
> watch me vote to see if there was any problems or concerns. They had no clue
> until I told them on this particular day they were the problem. They stood
> behind me and held a conversation which was very rude and distracting. They
> did see what I was referring to that while I am voting my back should be to
> a wall not allowing anyone to stand behind me and observe me vote. 
> 
> I also, experience a spoke person from the Board of Election talk about what
> they do and what is not permitted on Election Day. They talked about how the
> day before each poll site is supposed to be inspected. I told them
> obviously, this was not being done when I attempted to vote first ting in
> the morning when my poll site opened and of course there was a problem with
> the machine. 
> 
> They say that each poll worker are trained every year. After speaking with
> many people that volunteer at election time. They tell me they do not attend
> the classes or all of the classes because they have been doing this for
> years.  Obviously, between the instructor of the class and watching a video
> something is wrong!
> 
> I once had a poll worker who was trying to help me and I guess she thought I
> was stupid and would not realize that she actually voted for me.  I reported
> what happened and they gave me another ballot. 
> 
> As we know our voting issues are a continuing frustration. We need to talk
> to the head person. Not the person who is over community outreach and not
> the person that answered the phone when Richard called. We have to make sure
> each of us are properly trained so that when we go vote we are observing and
> educating them so they are prepared for  the future voters that do not know.
> 
> Unfortunately, each county and voting site is different and we all have our
> horror stories to tell. 
> 
> Delcenia 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Spangler via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2016 11:00 PM
> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List' <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Robert Spangler <spangler.robert at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] voting
> 
> I've been a registered voter in two counties and, each time I've voted, they
> have had to reprogram the voting card because they forgot to enable the
> speech setting.  I'm not sure if they're just not trained on this or if
> enough emphasis is not being put on it during the training.  Either way,
> it's a minor annoyance.  It does cost me time, however, so it would be nice
> if this could be remedied.  Clearly, Richard's email demonstrates their
> attitude toward the subject.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Payne,
> Richard L (Synchrony Financial) via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 2:47 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Payne, Richard L (Synchrony Financial) <richard.payne at syf.com>
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] voting
> 
> I just called the board  of  elections in my county to request a speaker.
> The director called me back and questioned my request by saying you need us
> to come to your meeting  to tell your members how to put on a head set and
> vote?
> I told her no but all over this state we have reports of the workers not
> knowing how to help so I wanted to make sure our members   had hands on
> training for themselves with the equipment.
> Then she began to tell me about all the great training they  provide to all
> of the workers and how to help people with disabilities.  I told her to have
> them to visit our meeting. Positive
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