[Ohio-talk] Hamilton County Voting

[barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com]

By taking a bill with your address with you to vote, and going to the right precinct at college, you can cast a provisional ballot. They will send a worker from each party to the machine with you if you cannot work the accessible machine. College students here wander in all the time. To be sure about the process, check with the Dayton board of elections for the exact rules. I would have thought that Hamilton County would have been willing to send an absentee ballot out of the county, but you are now going to run into deadlines for sending them.

Barbara Pierce 
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National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
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> On Mar 2, 2016, at 10:50 AM, Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I know it is too late right now but you could always vote in Dayton
> instead.  We are in the process of suing Ohio because ballots are not
> accessible but that also doesn't help you now.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Kaiti Shelton via Ohio-talk <
> ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I am still a relatively new voter having only voted in the 2012
>> presidential election, but I am having a bit of trouble working with the
>> Hamilton County Board of Elections. Of course one aspect of the problem is
>> accessibility and privacy of my voting process, and the other is that I am
>> trying to vote absentee since I am currently in Montgomery County.
>> 
>> I called the board of elections to get an absentee ballot. The woman I
>> spoke to wanted to mail one to my home, which would work in a pinch but I
>> don't want to rely on my parents, who are busy themselves, to get the
>> ballot. I asked if I could complete the application over the phone and got
>> a no. I then asked who I could speak to about accommodations because the
>> woman asked if I couldn't just get a friend to help me or come back into
>> Hamilton County for the primaries.
>> 
>> I know general elections are of greater concern, but it seems the best I
>> can hope for is to bug my parents to do everything over the phone. My
>> mother would reliably cast my vote even if she disagrees with my positions,
>> but that is precisely what would worry me about relying on another college
>> student. I think the absentee process should be accommodated in some way so
>> we can independently apply for and cast votes if hitting the poles isn't an
>> option.
>> 
>> Any advice, tips, or information would be wonderful.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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