[Ohio-Talk] EXT: Re: Voting adventures

[Andra Stover]

Barbara, lol, OK so I’m not the only one that took really long and Voting.
I just assumed I had to sit and listen to it all.

On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 2:20 PM smturner.234--- via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Barbara,
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> I had the same experience. Once again, they had to turn on the screen to
> move it forward. Bret is aware. I told him this last week.
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> I am so tired of these inaccessibility blunders!
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> ST
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> *From:* Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Barbara
> Pierce via Ohio-Talk
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 5, 2024 1:50 PM
> *To:* NFB of Ohio Announcement List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* Barbara Pierce <barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [Ohio-Talk] Voting adventures
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> I have just finished filling out the post voting questionnaire. If you
> have voted, please take the time to record your experience. Today you can
> call 877-632-1940. A nice man will read you the questions and write down
> your answers. This is the same number you call if you are having trouble of
> any kind voting. If you decide to fill out the questionnaire by phone using
> an artificial voice, call tomorrow. The number to call is 833-632-7878. I
> had my usual easy time till I got to Issue 1. There was no explanation
> about how to skip  the ballot language. It turns out that the down arrow
> does not just move you to the next voting choice in that voting question,
> it also skips you through the ballot language text. You have to hit the
> down arrow 12 times to get to the yes or no choice. I was afraid to
> experiment with the right arrow and down arrow because, if you pick the
> wrong one, you jump to the top of the description. I decided to be
> conservative and listen to all the gobbelty gook. This was a bad decision.
> It takes more than five minutes to listen to it all. The machine times out
> after five minutes. It then erases your entire ballot and puts you at the
> top of the entire process. Don’t do it. I tried to convince them that I
> ought to be able to vote twice since I filled out the ballot twice. They
> didn’t buy the argument.
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> Please take the time to answer the questionnaire.
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> Barbara Pierce (she, her, hers)
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> President Emerita
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
> 440-774-8077
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