[Tall-Corn] An accessible absentee ballot is crucial for blind and disabled Iowa voters, advocates say - especially in COVID-19 era - from The Ames Tribune

[rjray at q.com]

Good morning Wade and others,
This exercise in trying to getting this mess straightened out is clearly on
the plates of the Secretary of State of Iowa and the Legislative Council. We
have been working with them for over a year and  of course the law is clear
that this can be done without legislative action. We have also filed a
complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Since this is where we are at the moment, our choices are fairly clear. We
are all going to need to encourage our legislators to work toward getting
this resolved as soon as possible. If that doesn't work then we will need to
consider other remedies that will use many more resources.

Let's all work together to get this project satisfactorily resolved and put
to bed within the next eight months. We will be talking about this at
convention and all of us are going to need to be ready to act on it.

Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Wade Hemmelrick
via Tall-Corn
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 8:25 AM
To: Scott Van Gorp <svangorp at nfbi.org>
Cc: Wade Hemmelrick <cheeriosandv8 at gmail.com>; NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing
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Subject: Re: [Tall-Corn] An accessible absentee ballot is crucial for blind
and disabled Iowa voters, advocates say - especially in COVID-19 era - from
The Ames Tribune

Greetings, All:

Although I ventured the conventional absentee route, only for the ballot to
reach the wrong mailing address and unrecoverable, I succeeded in reaching
an early voting site with my chosen voter assistant. Four signatures and two
extra forms later, I accomplished my patriotic duty and was satisfied with
the available assistance and cooperation offered to me. Alas, perhaps "We
The Blind Citizens of Iowa" can simmer down and go about this voter
accessibility project at a more careful pace in plenty of time for the next
election cycle if not sooner. Maybe we could offer to test any new future
options of feasibility through mock elections. Otherwise, to all my fellow
blind and sighted Americans: Happy voting if you already have or soon will
cast your vote.

Cheers!

Wade Hemmelrick

On 10/24/20, Scott Van Gorp <svangorp at nfbi.org> wrote:
> Hi Wade and All:
> We haven't gained any traction on this yet, except for the fact that 
> legislators and others have been in communication with our coalition  
> on solutions. We're likely too late for this election cycle as today 
> was the last day for absentee ballot requests in Iowa, but we're not 
> giving up the fight by any means and will explore all possible avenues to
get this done!
>
>
> Scott Van Gorp, President
> National Federation of the Blind of Iowa
> Phone: 515-720-5282
> Email
> Website
> Facebook
> Twitter
> Live the life you want.
>
> The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members 
> and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. 
> Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they 
> want.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Wade 
> Hemmelrick via Tall-Corn
> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 2:07 AM
> To: NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Wade Hemmelrick <cheeriosandv8 at gmail.com>; Des Moines Chapter 
> List, NFB of Iowa <dsm-iowa at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tall-Corn] An accessible absentee ballot is crucial for 
> blind and disabled Iowa voters, advocates say - especially in COVID-19 
> era - from The Ames Tribune
>
> Any word on this issue? So far, I have received no personal feedback 
> from the legislative council.
>
> On 10/9/20, Michael Barber via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> An accessible absentee ballot is crucial for blind and disabled Iowa 
>> voters, advocates say - especially in COVID-19 era
>>
>> Advocat               es say absentee ballot inaccessibility has always
>> been
>> a disability rights issue but that due to COVID-19, the conversation 
>> is even more critical now.
>>
>> Check out this story on amestrib.com:
>> https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/2020/10/08/iowa-election-blind-di
>> s
>> abled-
>> voters-advocate-demand-accessibility-absentee-ballots-covid-19-risk/5
>> 8
>> 928600
>> 02/
>>
>>
>
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