[nfb-talk] independent voting and the blind

[Jennifer Aberdeen]

We use the Auto Mark in Rhode Island too. It's very easy to use.

When I first used it, I had to show the pole workers how to use it because 
they didn't know. I had never used it before and I figured it out within a 
few minutes.

Jen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth Wright" <beth.wright at mindspring.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] independent voting and the blind


> Hi.
>
> Don't worry.  We use the AutoMark machines here and I think you'll like 
> them
> just fine.
>
> Beth Wright
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ray Foret jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:27 PM
> Subject: [nfb-talk] independent voting and the blind
>
>
>> First, note the change in subject line.
>> Ah, Bill, well, that settles my mind a little.  You see, the reports on
>> the
>> ever trust-worthy media (yeah right) led me to believe that the machines
>> were going away entirely.  Somebody once told me that before the 
>> machines,
>> Braille ballots were used.  They were used in such a way that a sightie
>> could determine what markings had been made for what choices.  This, so I
>> seem to recall, was in Lincoln Nebraska.  I won't say, but, I have my own
>> particular ideas of who complained about the new electronic machines; 
>> and,
>> those of y'all on this list who know me well can figure that out as y'all
>> will.  My point of concern was and still remains that the blind of 
>> Florida
>> will no longer have a way to vote INDEPENDENTLY and privately.  Now, it
>> may
>> seem a strange thing for a blind person from Louisiana to be concerned
>> about
>> the situation in Florida; but, you see, it's really very simple.  What
>> effects some of us effects us all; whether directly or indirectly.  Am I
>> right in guessing that there are other states where this same concern has
>> seemed to raise its head?
>>
>> Sincerely yours,
>> The Constantly Barefooted,
>> Ray
>> Home phone and fax:
>> (985)360-3375
>> E-mail:
>> rforetjratcomcastdotnet
>> Skype Name:
>> barefootedray
>>
>> God bless President George W. Bush!
>> God bless our troops!
>> and God bless America
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bill Outman" <woutman at earthlink.net>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 4:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] speakers
>>
>>
>> Hi, Ray and all.
>>
>> Here's a few thoughts on this issue.
>>
>> What's happening here in Florida is a new requirement for a paper trail 
>> on
>> the machines is taking effect.  By the way the change of the presidential
>> primary date was tacked on to that bill and that resulted in the issues
>> over
>> counting of party delegates.  But that's another story.
>>
>> I can't speak to the entire state but here in Volusia County this means
>> the
>> Diebolt machines will go away which were  being used for early voting and
>> accessible voting.  We'll be going to the AutoMark device which has
>> accessible features but prints out the ballot which can then be run
>> through
>> the optical scan machines.
>>
>> Theoretically then we should still be able to vote independently but it
>> means we and the poll workers will again have to learn new devices and 
>> the
>> prior investment in the Diebolt units will have been wasted.  Another 
>> fine
>> example of your tax dollars at work because some people were paranoid
>> about
>> election security.
>>
>> Best wishes.
>>
>> Bill Outman
>> Secretary, Greater Daytona Beach Chapter
>> National Federation of the Blind
>>
>>
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