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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good Morning Federation Family:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s election day! If you haven’t voted yet, here are a few things to keep in mind. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you need a ride to the polls, Lyft is offering a $20 ride voucher. Do to low usage of this voucher so far, Lyft has opened it up for wide distribution. If you need a ride with Lyft to the polls, be sure to use promo code NFBVote2020 and get there!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now for some information about the NFB hotline and voter experience surveys.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>NFB HOTLINE AND VOTER EXPERIENCE SURVEY FOR BLIND AND LOW-VISION VOTERS</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) requires that every polling place have at least one accessible voting machine available for every federal election so voters with disabilities can cast a private and independent ballot. To help ensure that blind and low-vision voters are not denied this right, the National Federation of the Blind will host an Election Day hotline that blind and low-vision voters, poll workers, and voting rights advocates can call when problems with accessible voting technology or other barriers are preventing a blind voter from casting a private and independent ballot.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The hotline will be available on November 3, 2020, by calling 1-877-NFB-1940 ( 1-877-632-1940( from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific standard time. Individuals who have experience in the operation of accessible voting technology will be staffing the hotline to provide assistance to blind voters, election officials, and voting rights advocates. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Once you have exercised your fundamental right to vote, please complete our 2020 Blind and Low-Vision Voter Experience Survey! The 2020 blind and low-vision voter experience survey consists of two separate surveys. If you voted absentee or by mail using an accessible electronic ballot delivery system or a traditional paper ballot, please complete the survey for blind and low-vision voters who voted absentee or by mail at </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YJJL7GN">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YJJL7GN</a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you are a blind or low-vision voter who voted at an early voting center or at a polling place on Election Day, please complete the survey at </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NGFMPF2">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NGFMPF2</a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Questions about the blind voter hotline or the blind voter survey may be directed to Lou Ann Blake, by e-mail at </span><a href="mailto:lblake@nfb.org">lblake@nfb.org</a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> or by phone at 410-659-9314, extension 2221, or Jeff Kaloc, by email at </span><a href="mailto:jkaloc@nfb.org">jkaloc@nfb.org</a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> or by phone at 410-659-9314, extension 2206. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Be sure to make your voice heard by exercising your right to vote!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Scott Van Gorp, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<br>Phone: 515-720-5282<br></span><a href="mailto:svangorp@nfbi.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Email</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>Website</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br></span></i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-Of-the-Blind-Of-Iowa-372681823082570/posts"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>Facebook</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br></span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfb_iowa"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>Twitter</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br>Live the life you want.<br></span></i><br>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>