[Mt-blind] Voting

[Edward C Robbins]

Jim,
        I'm looking forward to doing this myself this evening.  Aint it
Great.
Ted Robbins

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 11:19:55 -0600 "Jim Marks" <jmarks at cybrmail.com>
writes:
> 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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