[blindlaw] accessible voting machines

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Illinois has a fully independent system in place.  Today, I walked  into my 
presinct, gave them my name and ID, and they handed me a little plastic  card.  
I took the card over to a woman, who ran the bar code on the back  through a 
sort of scanner.  She asked me if I wanted a paper ballot or to  use the touch 
screen.  I told her I wanted the touch screen machine with  audio, and she 
activated my card for that.  I walked to the machine and  slid my card into a 
slot, inserted the headphones they provided, and had the  machine read the 
ballot for me.  Instead of touching the screen, I used a  little hand-held key pad 
to make my selections.  It was terrific.
 
Interestingly, the person who read the ballot was Brian Johnson, who is a  
Federationist and the former Chicago Chapter President.  I hope everyone  else 
had such a pleasant voting experience.
 
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/5/2008 7:37:31 P.M. Central  Standard Time, 
r.g.munro at gmail.com writes:

We have  fully accessible voting machines here in Durham and Chapel Hill, NC.
You  insert the ballot into a scanner, then a computer helps you make  your
selections.  When you're done, the machine fills in your ballot  for you.
You then put it in the same machine that all other voters  uses.  I've had no
trouble with it, nor have I required  assistance.  All the machines scan the
ballot properly no matter what  orientation it's in when you insert it.
Unfortunately, I don't know the  brand of the machine.

Onward!

Rob


-----Original  Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org  [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk
Sent:  Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:03 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing  List
Subject: [blindlaw] accessible voting machines

Are there any  fully accessible voting machines for the blind?  By which I
mean, show  me the booth and wait outside while I cast my vote in private...
If so, are  there any such in the Bay Area of California?

--Mark  BurningHawk
Email:  Stone_troll at sbcglobal.net
my website:   http://www.panix.com/~mbaxter  Namaste

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Illinois has a fully independent system in place.  Today, I walked into my presinct, gave them my name and ID, and they handed me a little plastic card.  I took the card over to a woman, who ran the bar code on the back through a sort of scanner.  She asked me if I wanted a paper ballot or to use the touch screen.  I told her I wanted the touch screen machine with audio, and she activated my card for that.  I walked to the machine and slid my card into a slot, inserted the headphones they provided, and had the machine read the ballot for me.  Instead of touching the screen, I used a little hand-held key pad to make my selections.  It was terrific.
 
Interestingly, the person who read the ballot was Brian Johnson, who is a Federationist and the former Chicago Chapter President.  I hope everyone else had such a pleasant voting experience.
 
Ronza
 
 
    In a message dated 2/5/2008 7:37:31 P.M. Central Standard Time, r.g.munro at gmail.com writes:
We have fully accessible voting machines here in Durham and Chapel Hill, NC.
You insert the ballot into a scanner, then a computer helps you make your
selections.  When you're done, the machine fills in your ballot for you.
You then put it in the same machine that all other voters uses.  I've had no
trouble with it, nor have I required assistance.  All the machines scan the
ballot properly no matter what orientation it's in when you insert it.
Unfortunately, I don't know the brand of the machine.
Onward!
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:03 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: [blindlaw] accessible voting machines
Are there any fully accessible voting machines for the blind?  By which I
mean, show me the booth and wait outside while I cast my vote in private...
If so, are there any such in the Bay Area of California?
--Mark BurningHawk
Email:  Stone_troll at sbcglobal.net
my website:  http://www.panix.com/~mbaxter Namaste
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