[Ohio-talk] Our Voting Experience

[Edward Louden]

Sadly, I was told there was no audio voting machine at my location, at least this what I was told.  I'm calling the board of elections to inform them.  The man who was there with the audio machine at the convention told me in my county of Cuyahoga should have had one.  He told me we have had them for ten years.  

Ed 

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From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eric Duffy via Ohio-Talk
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Subject: [Ohio-talk] Our Voting Experience

This morning Shelley and I had a great voting experience. We started by using our Aira voting minutes to request a Lyft. We then used our National Federation of the Blind and Lyft partner voting code to get our $15 credit for going to the polling place. Shelley was registered to vote at the correct address. I was not. She had no problem at all. She got the audio ballot and voted without hitch. 

Because my address was not up to date, I had to vote a provisional ballot. While I was at the table taking care of my address change I heard them tell some one else that she would have to fill out a paper ballot because she was voting provisionally. I wondered what was going to happen to me. Sure enough They took me to a chair and said that their were two people one from the Democratic Party and one from the Republican Party and that they would complete the ballot for me. I said no! There is an audio provisional ballot, and that I wanted to vote privately just like everyone else does. Without missing a beat the man who was from one of the major parties took control and it was all smooth sailing from there. I got the audio provisional ballot and I voted on the machine without a problem. You must understand your rights and be prepared to be positively assertive.  I said this was a great voting experience, and it was. Some times sighted people just think it is easier if they just do stuff for us. Once they realized I was going to vote independently we had no problem. I wish our breakfast experience afterwords would have gone so smoothly, but that’s a different matter.

Eric
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