[Tall-Corn] Iowa Voting Issue Hot Line

[Intesar]

Hello All,
I was able to vote by using the voting machine and of course with some difficulties at first in explaining to them what I needed. Everything went OK, but why my ballot looks different from everybody else and why we have to feed it into the machine in a separate slot? I tried to insert it in the same place where my husband inserted his and it spitted it back out, saying that it too short, so the worker had to interfere and tell me to insert it in a different place because it’s thinner and shorter. This is not right, it’s like them knowing for sure who voted because my ballot is different. this is not secrecy. I almost do not want to use the machine and let my husband help me so I could be using the regular ballot like everyone else. I thought they were fixing this problem. So how can I truly be independent in voting?  
Warmly, 
Intesar Duncan
(319) 530-3635

“Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but by what your mind can imagine.“


> On Nov 4, 2025, at 4:01 PM, April Enderton via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Thought provoking question for today: With all the advancements in technology, why are we still having accessibility issues with voting? I feel that, in so many ways, we are sliding backward instead of moving forward. If anyone wants to discuss this with me further, I can be reached at alenderton at gmail.com
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Tuesday, November 04, 2025 09:20 AM
> To: Helen Mejia via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
> CC: Richard <nf5b at mmsn.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tall-Corn] Iowa Voting Issue Hot Line
> 
> 
>> On Tue, 4 Nov 2025, Helen Mejia via Tall-Corn wrote:
>> Happy Election Day to All!
>> 
>>      As a reminder, if you have any issues voting today, please call
>>      the Iowa Secretary of State's hotline:
>> 888(SOS-VOTE) or 888-767-8683
>> They can help resolve issues in the moment, and this will make sure
>> that they are aware that blind people in Iowa really do have issues
>> when voting.
> 
> This I did a short time ago.
> At first the young man I spoke with tried to shunt me back to my county
> auditor's office.  After he figured out that he was supposed to take my
> complaint he said he would forward it to the right place, which I am sure
> is the round file beneath his desk.
> HE did offer me a ticket number however, which says that at least it will
> reach another desk before it reaches the round file.
> I hope everyone else with these new machines had better results.
> Obviously my poll workers got zero orientation or training with them.
> Regards,
> Richard
> 
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