[Ohio-Talk] Voting Today

[Andra Stover]

I went boating today, my mom was able to help me fill the ballot out. They
did have an accessible voting booth but somebody was using it at that time.
My mom had to be somewhere else and we did not have time to wait because
there was another ballot opened. Had I not have had my mother with me, I
would have probably had the same experience as Eric.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 11:06 AM Wanda via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Good show.  Good suggestion.  I can remember the number of times that  I
> have had to do Provisional because they just did not know what to do.
> One man sat down and read the instruction book so I could use the
> machine.  I waited patiently because he needed to learn. Any time to learn
> something new or not is always the right time!
> Wan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eric
> Duffy via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 10:49 AM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Eric Duffy <peduffy63 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Ohio-Talk] Voting Today
>
> I waited in line for about twenty minutes.  Once I got inside I was shown
> a machine. I put my ballot in the machine. The man who showed me to the
> machine then started to tell me my choices for President. I told him that I
> knew my choices, but that I needed the machine to talk. He said he was
> going to press Zoom. I told him he probably needed to press something that
> says audible ballot or audible ballot. The machine began to talk. I asked
> him where the keypad was, and he put my finger on the screen. I told him I
> need a physical keypad with buttons I could feel and press. He got another
> poll worker and they opened the machine and I was good to go. I  The man
> who assisted me then said he was glad I came in, because now he knows how
> the process is supposed to work for the next blind person who needs it.
>
> It would be nice if I didn’t have to walk them through the process, but
> they were willing to learn. Could all counties use more training around
> accessibility? I am sure they can. But, How many of us have volunteered to
> come in and do the training? I know I haven’t.
>
> Eric
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