[Tall-Corn] It’s Your Right to Vote—Resources Available

Wed Sep 11 19:51:04 UTC 2024

Thanks Jonathan,

These are exactly the kinds of sto
On Sep 10, 2024, at 8:00 PM, iceje89--- via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Helen:

We had a school bond issue vote today here in Cedar Rapids.  I had no trouble with getting set up for the special ballot-marking machine, but the screen didn’t go blank for long after I pushed the diamond-shaped button to have it hidden.  I did just fine with marking my ballot, but when it came to reviewing what I’d marked none of the possible options mentioned for doing such a review (up or down arrow or both at once) seemed to get around to announcing to me what I’d marked.  By going back to the “race” I could tell by process of elimination that I had marked my desired “yes” (or “no”) when it said I had selected or unselected my choice.  I printed out the ballot and indeed it was marked as I had desired (with my limited vision I could read the result), but I had no “blind” way of knowing that for sure.  That’s my story.

Jonathan Ice

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Subject: [Tall-Corn] Fwd: It’s Your Right to Vote—Resources Available

Good Afternoon All,

If you haven’t seen it already, please see the below email from National regarding voting. Additionally, here in Iowa, NFBI will be partnering with the Secretary of State’s office and their election day voter hotline to try and ensure that issues faced by blind voters are both reported and resolved. We will be providing more information as we get closer to the election, but we want to make sure that the state is aware of any issues that we face, both on Election Day and during early voting. 

Helen

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Subject: It’s Your Right to Vote—Resources Available
Date: September 10, 2024 at 6:03:37 PM CDT
To: Helen Mejia <hmejianfb at gmail.com <mailto:hmejianfb at gmail.com>>
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Get Out and Vote! 

“We need to be able to vote anonymously, we need to be able to vote democratically, and we need to be able to vote independently and not have to rely on somebody else to mark the ballot and hope like crazy that they actually did what we wanted.” Federationist, Barbie Elliott from Utah, shared.
The National Federation of the Blind is promoting Disability Voting Rights Week, September 9-13, a nonpartisan movement that advocates for accessible voting, encourages voter registration, and emphasizes the importance and right for disabled people to vote. And September 17 is National Voter Registration Day. Are you registered to vote?
Upcoming Webinar on September 12

Join the National Federation of the Blind on September 12, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. eastern to learn your rights when it comes to accessible in-person voting and preparing yourself for the upcoming election. 
Zoom Meeting ID for the Voting Webinar is 970 4983 0716 <https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=35622&qid=10282584>. 
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Voting Resources

You can find the following voting resources at nfb.org/vote <https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=35623&qid=10282584>.
Ballot Marking Device Demonstrations
Election Information on NFB-NEWSLINE®
Resources by State 
Share the importance of voting and the voting resources on social media, during chapter meetings, and at state conventions.  
Save the Date: Complete Blind Voter Survey in November

Since 2008, the National Federation of the Blind conducted surveys of blind and low-vision voters with funding from a Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Training/Technical Assistance Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We need your experience to learn about aspects of voting that have improved and the barriers that continue to need to be removed. Mark your calendars to complete the Blind Voter Survey in November. It will be published on nfb.org/vote <https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=35624&qid=10282584> and sent via all our communication channels. You can read about the previous Blind Voter Survey results <https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=35625&qid=10282584>.

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