[Mt-blind] Voting

[Rik James]

Darn!
I wish I would have been reading these emails from you all about voting.
At our poll place I did not think to ask, but neither did anyone seem to
know about or offer any alternate equimpment for voting.  I still voted for
all the right people, though, I think.  <g>

Say, Lisa Hall, a fellow grad from Louisiana Center is on another list and
she just took a job in Cincinnati .  Her email put her new web site.  I
thought maybe some of you might  like to have a look at it.  Lots of links
and good information there.
Here is the link:
http://www.lisa-halls-world.org/

Hope you are all well and enjoying the summer so far.
We are enjoying a big old houseful of family from both coasts.
Lots of dishes, lots of grins, lots of good stuff.  Hope your primary
candidates win.  At least if they agree with mine! <g>

Best,
Rik



-----Original Message-----
From: mt-blind-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:mt-blind-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Marks
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:20 AM
To: Montana Association for the Blind List
Subject: Re: [Mt-blind] Voting

I just finished voting in private with the new voting technology.  The last 
time I voted privately was thirty years ago.  A Missoulian reporter and a 
photographer followed me through the process, which was very simple and easy

to use.  One thing to remember is that this new form of voting came about 
due to the advocacy of the National Federation of the Blind and the Montana 
Association for the blind.  We put our oars in the water and held our 
country to standards that include the blind and others with print 
disabilities in first class citizenship.  It is very much not a charity 
thing, but rather an act of a free people who know what we want and how to 
get there.  It is a major landmark in the lives of blind Montanans!


Jim Marks
jmarks at cybrmail.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward C Robbins" <robbinsec at juno.com>
To: <mt-blind at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <mt-blind at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Mt-blind] Voting


>
> 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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