<div dir="auto">Dear Bob, considering all the obstacles of the day, what a fantastic report!! </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 16, 2024, 7:49 PM Bob Ray via Tall-Corn <<a href="mailto:tall-corn@nfbnet.org">tall-corn@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-1114974492916694667WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Greetings Fellow Federationists, Today was a day that those attending the Legislative Day event may remember for a very long time. As all Iowans know the weather has been less than attractive for many days here in central Iowa. We started the day with 3 participants having to take themselves out of the mix. Next, Weather related transportation issues caused four of us to be about an hour late. Wait there is more.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eight Federationists met with employees of the Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council in their office in down town Des Moines. Much of the morning was spent in discussing elections and how to improve them with staff from the Iowa Secretary Of State’s staff We have offered to work with the Secretary’s staff to find ways to improve the current situation for blind voters in Iowa. There was also a proposal for a “study” to look at the possible inclusion of blind persons in electronic voting in a limited way. We are willing to talk about it.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">During lunch we discussed with the two staff members of the Iowa D. D. Council staff what we hoped to accomplish today at the Statehouse.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">About 1:00 this afternoon we went over to the Statehouse and broke up into groups to meet with various Legislators. Though many Legislators were not available we were successful in meeting with several key people. The chairman of the subcommittee that is going to be handling our accessible prescriptions bill, Senator Mark Castello, met with all of us and asked some good questions and may well have us speak at his Senate subcommittee when it meets on this bill. Also, on that same bill, Representative John Forbes and Representative David Young came to us and assured us that they take the lead on this bill in the house and work for its passage.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We did find a great deal of interest in our Mobile Voting bill too and we will see where all of that goes.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">No matter how you cut it today was a success it was in no small part because of the work that Mary McGee did to make it happen. Congratulations to all of us for a hard won success. And now we will need to follow through to see things are completed.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bob Ray, Legislative Chair, NFB of IOWA</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Address:</span></font><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3900 76<sup>th</sup> Street<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Urbandale, IA 50322<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:bray@nfbi.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bray@nfbi.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Phone. 515 334-7231<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mary L. McGee</span></font><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Address: 201 Locust, #341, </span></font><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Des Moines, IA, 50309</span></font><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phone: 515 280-1281</span></font><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">EMAIL: <a href="mailto:mmcatitude@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mmcatitude@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Helen Stevens <u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Phone: 570 983-7867<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">EMAIL: <a href="mailto:hstevensnfb@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">hstevensnfb@gmail.com</a></span></font>The NFBI Legislative Committee <u></u><u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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