[Arizona-students] Did anyone bvote?

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi Arielle,

Yes.  The requirement to insert a card is pretty much universal across all 
the machines.  It might have been a defective machine, but, alas, I think 
most of the problems are going to come down to a lack of complete training. 
In addition to contacting NFB's hotline today, I hope you will also call the 
County Recorder's office and the Secretary of State.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arielle Silverman" <hdsilverman at gmail.com>
To: "Arizona Association of Blind Students List" 
<arizona-students at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Arizona-students] Did anyone bvote?


> Hi all,
>
>
>
>            I had an interesting problem when I tried to vote using the
> accessible voting machine. When I arrived at the polling place and asked 
> if
> an accessible voting machine was available, the poll workers happily told 
> me
> that there was a machine and that I would be the first one to use it. I 
> gave
> them my ID and was directed to the machine. However, I then had to wait
> while the poll workers conferred about how to turn the machine on.
> Apparently the machine needed to be activated by inserting a special card
> that is linked to the voter's registration number. After I waited for 
> about
> ten minutes, they tried inserting a card to activate the machine, but the
> card was rejected. The poll worker then called someone else for help, but
> they were unable to figure out how to program the activation card so that
> the machine would accept it.
>
>
>
>            Unfortunately, so that I would not have to miss class, my mom
> had driven me to the polling place on our way to a dinner that we were
> attending, and we didn't have more time to wait and see if the voting
> machine could be fixed, so I got a print ballot and my mom read it for me
> (obviously, not a secret ballot). The poll workers were all very nice and
> accommodating, and said that they had been trained on how to use the
> machine, but clearly there was a serious glitch either in their training 
> or
> in the performance of the machine itself. I did get the name and phone
> number of the man whom the poll worker called for help, so I will call
> tomorrow to find out why the machine didn't work and how this problem can 
> be
> avoided in the future. Did anyone else have similar problems with 
> accessible
> machines requiring a special registration card before you could use them?
>
>
>
> Arielle
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Allison" <Allison.Hilliker at asu.edu>
> To: "Arizona Association of Blind Students List"
> <arizona-students at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Arizona-students] Did anyone bvote?
>
>
>> Hi Tony, Great!  Glad to hear you both voted!  Did you get to use the
>> accessible machines?  How'd that go for you?  Any troubles with it?
>>
>> Allison
>>
>>
>>
>> "Until the last drop of sun burns its sweet light
>> Plenty revolutions left until we get this thing right."
>> -- Emily Saliers
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tony Sohl" <tonysohl at extremezone.com>
>> To: "Arizona Association of Blind Students List"
>> <arizona-students at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Arizona-students] Did anyone bvote?
>>
>>
>>> Hi Allison, Melissa and I both voted.
>>>
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