[Ohio-Talk] Voting Today-Good Experience

[Todd Elzey]

Good morning. I had an interesting experience as a low vision voter. All of
the machines are equipped to zoom the print size one level. This might be
enough for some, but certainly not all, low vision voters. But the real
problem was that it only enlarged the ballot text. The zoom feature did not
enlarge the icons for moving through the ballot. This makes it difficult
for low vision voters. Even with the screen enlarged the one zoom level I
thought I was going to have to kneel in order to be able to read it
comfortably because of  how low the table was, but I was able to manage
standing.

Todd Elzey

On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 8:53 AM Eric Duffy via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I did not have a problem with access. There was a problem with my
> registration, so I had to vote provisionally. No problem with that at all.
>
> I am so proud of Caroline. She even votes as a blind person.
>
> Eric
>
> > On Nov 9, 2022, at 8:39 AM, President Capital chapter via Ohio-Talk <
> ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I was also able to vote yesterday. Only had a couple of glitches. When I
> got up to the table to sign in, and told them that I needed an accessible
> audio ballot, the first thing that was said was, I’m not sure if we do
> that. I told her that you do, and that all machines are equipped to be used
> audibly. She asked one of the other poll workers, and they knew all about
> it. They gave me the headphones, and we proceeded to a machine. When we
> plug, the headphones in, the audio did begin. However, I could not get any
> of the buttons on the remote to work.  I was not sure what was wrong, and
> neither were they. I explain to them that the machine was talking, but the
> maneuverability wasn’t working at all. After examining the remote for a
> moment, I realized that the top layer that covers the buttons was broken. I
> showed this to the poll worker, and they got a poll manager. He looked at
> the remote and realized that it was broken  as well. He was able to cancel
> out my ballot from that machine and remove it, and then we went to a
> different machine. I was able to vote on that one with no problems.
> >
> > Just wanted to share.
> >
> > Annette.
> >
> > Annette Lutz
> > President
> > Capital Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> > 614-288-4323
> > President.capital.nfboh at gmail.com
> >
> > The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday we raise the
> expectations of blind people because we know that low expectations create
> obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you
> want, blindness is not what holds you back.
> >
> > On Nov 9, 2022, at 5:40 AM, Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <
> ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I also voted yesterday and where it was not as smooth, I cast my vote.
> >
> >
> > Richard Payne,  President
> > National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> > 937/829/3368
> > Rchpay7 at gmail.com
> > The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> > characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> > expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> > between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> > blindness is not what holds you back.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Caroline
> > Karbowski via Ohio-Talk
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 10:14 AM
> > Cc: Caroline Karbowski <carolinekarbo at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Ohio-Talk] Voting Today-Good Experience
> >
> > I voted today at my local polling place in Hamilton County and had a good
> > experience with the accessible voting machine. They did have the machine
> > ready at 7 am. The only issue I had is they put the headphone jack in the
> > hole where you plug in accessible touch controls like buttons or a breath
> > activated cursor. There are two holes marked with tactile symbols
> > (headphones or wheelchair) so just make sure it the correct one on the
> left.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Caroline Karbowski
> > Carolinekarbo at gmail.com
> >
> >
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