[nfbwatlk] Election Day

[Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)]

I knew nothing about "creating" the cards.  Thanks for the tip.  If I
have problems, I guess I can have my poll worker make a new cared?

Bennett Prows, J.D.
Health Information Privacy Program
Office for Civil Rights
Seattle, Washington
(206) 615-2621
E-mail:  Bennett.Prows at hhs.gov

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of kris Lawrence
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:49 PM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Election Day

Hi Ben,

Most of the time, the problem is with the poll worker who may not have 
remembered the training. At least with the Dibol machines here in King 
County, when they are creating the card, the person needs to make sure 
that the "Audio" box is checked. I ran into the same problem today when 
the card was inserted into the machine, the machine would not talk. They

had to "re-create" the card and this time, made sure that the "Audio" 
(or it might be audible) box was selected. When I inserted the card the 
next time, no problem. I will be calling the hotline in a minute.

Good Luck everyone. Just make sure the card is created correctly and you

should not have problems...but then again gremlins LOVE to play with 
that equipment <g>

Kris

Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR) wrote:
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> The hotline for the NFB (877) nfb-1940, or (877) 632-1940 is to be
called with experiences with voting machines.  I was under the
impression it was for problems encountered, but was told at our
convention that we might call to report successes too.  We need to know
the type of machine used.
>  
> I will be voting a bit later this afternoon, but wonder about
experiences others have had.  I know that in the fall, one voter had
problems at the polling place I went to, but I had no problem at all.
Today, that same polling place couldn&#8217;t get the machine to come
across with speech at all.  I won&#8217;t be voting there, since I am at
a new polling place.  I&#8217;ll be interested to see if I can vote
without problems.
>  
> BTW, congratulations to Kris Lawrence for the excellent article.  I
knew you had the right skill sets. 
>  
> Good voting everyone.
>  
> /s/
> Bennett Prows, J.D.
> Health Information Privacy Program
> Office for Civil Rights
> Seattle
> ,
> Washington
> (206) 615-2621
> E-mail:  mailto:Bennett.Prows at hhs.gov Bennett.Prows at hhs.gov
>
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