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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Barbara Pierce via Ohio-Talk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 17, 2025 7:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Announcement List <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Barbara Pierce <barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ohio-Talk] EXT: Ohio react: Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was not asked for my email, and I have not gotten any confirmation. Bob sent in a comment as well. I will ask him if he remembers putting in his email address. I do hope that they are counting the emailless comments. I will check with
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<p class="MsoNormal">Barbara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">President Emerita<br>
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<a href="mailto:Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com">Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com</a><br>
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The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise expectations for blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and their dreams. You can live
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Jan 16, 2025, at 10:25<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM, Delcenia Brown via Ohio-Talk <<a href="mailto:ohio-talk@nfbnet.org">ohio-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I never saw a field for email. I did see name, city, state, zip code and phone number. Hope I can try again.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ohio-Talk
<<a href="mailto:ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org">ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Ali Benmerzouga via Ohio-Talk<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, January 16, 2025 7:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>NFB of Ohio Announcement List <<a href="mailto:ohio-talk@nfbnet.org">ohio-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Ali Benmerzouga <<a href="mailto:ali.benmerzouga@hotmail.com">ali.benmerzouga@hotmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Ohio-Talk] EXT: Ohio react: Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi Andra,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It did ask me about my email address, City, State, Zip Code and phone number.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ohio-Talk
<<a href="mailto:ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org">ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Andra Stover via Ohio-Talk<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, January 16, 2025 5:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>NFB of Ohio Announcement List <<a href="mailto:ohio-talk@nfbnet.org">ohio-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Andra Stover <<a href="mailto:astover@kent.edu">astover@kent.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Ohio-Talk] EXT: Ohio react: Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, I am resending this. I completed the short form. It did not ask for an email or at least it was not a field that had to be filled in. However, I still got the notification that it was sent to the proper place.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 10:41<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM smturner.234--- via Ohio-Talk <<a href="mailto:ohio-talk@nfbnet.org">ohio-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NFBNet-Members-List
<<a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Young, Justin via NFBNet-Members-List<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, January 16, 2025 9:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[Nfbnet-members-list] Time-Sensitive Legislative Alert - January 16, 2025</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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subminimum wages. As a result, we have an urgent request for our members to submit comments by the deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Friday, January 17.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27880/employment-of-workers-with-disabilities-under-section-14c-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act#open-comment" target="_blank">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27880/employment-of-workers-with-disabilities-under-section-14c-of-the-fair-labor-standards-act#open-comment</a>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The page contains a place for you to type in your comment, and then you will need to select that you are an individual, which will bring up fields for you to type in your first and last name. You will then need to check a box acknowledging
you are aware any information you provide will be publicly available on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://regulations.gov/" target="_blank">regulations.gov</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>before clicking “submit.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Again, we apologize for the last-minute notice. Thank you for all your hard advocacy on this matter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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