[nfbcs] Captcha stops me from writing my Congressman

[ronal.grigg]

In 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law a law that would allow blind people to contact your Congressman at no charge. To do this, you compose a braille message or 814. Printed message and put it in an envelope and mail it to you congressmen and Eddie upper right-hand corner right free matter for the blind.

> On Mar 12, 2017, at 14:09, Cricket X. Bidleman via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> That's definitely a violation of the law, but being too obviously
> ticked about it won't help anything. Fun fact: it is way more
> effective to call your congressperson than to email because emails are
> pretty much only looked at by staffers and other people, assuming that
> they're not deleted. You can't filter phone messages as efficiently as
> you can filter emails, so even though the captcha poses a problem,
> you'll have better luck by calling anyway.
> 
>> On 3/12/17, Martin, Vincent F via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Next message explain that it is a violation of two Federal laws and that you
>> can file a complaint against him or her.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>> via nfbcs
>> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 10:21 AM
>> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Subject: [nfbcs] Captcha stops me from writing my Congressman
>> 
>> I am trying to email my Congressman, which apparently has to be done through
>> his website, and it has a captcha.  There's no alternative to it, either, no
>> audio, no math problem, nothing.
>> 
>> All I can do is leave a blistering phone message.  Is there anything else I
>> can do to make him change the stupid captcha?  I'm furious.  I have the same
>> rights as any other citizen to contact my representative, but apparently
>> not, so far as he's concerned.
>> 
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
>> 
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