[Mt-blind] Voting

[Edward C Robbins]

This is great.
congratulations.  Hope your votes were for the right people.
Ted Robbins
On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:30:22 -0600 "Bruce&Joy Breslauer"
<bjb5757 at bresnan.net> writes:
> Bruce and I just returned from voting absentee in the primary 
> election, and 
> using the voting machine for the first time.  We were able to vote 
> entirely 
> independently without any assistance whatsoever for the first time 
> ever.  It 
> was pretty cool.  You wear a pair of head phones to listen to a 
> spoken menu 
> that is self-explanatory, and there is a key to turn off the screen 
> for 
> privacy.  The machine does not care how you insert the ballot, it 
> will 
> figure it out and mark it as you specify, or not at all if you 
> specify that. 
> If you desire, you can review or change your selections at the end 
> before 
> you print the ballot and put it in the secure envelope.
> 
> The person at the polling place said these machines are even 
> equipped so 
> that those who are quadriplegic can use them, making their yes or no 
> 
> selections with puffs and sips from a straw.
> 
> Happy voting.
> 
>   Joy
> 
> 
> 
> 
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