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From: Walt Stover
Date: Sep 9, 2013 1:52AM

There is a machine called Auto Mark that people that are blind can use
to vote. The biggest problem with types of machines is that no one
knows how to set them up or what to do if they are not working
properly. When they are working right they work very well and you can
cast your own vote without help for someone else. It seems to me that
there would be real issues of security in using an on line vote and
some people may not have access to a computer so they would have to go
to say a library.

Walt Stover

On 9/8/13, Julius Charles Serrano < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> I just want to get your thoughts on voting and its accessibility,
> particularly in terms of the following points:
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> 1. I have talked to a handful of blind people and they prefer an online
> voting system because it lets them vote independently and privately.
> What are your thoughts on this?
> 2. A counter-statement to this is that although an online voting system
> would increase the general accessibility of elections to some people,
> the security of the voting system itself would always be a concern,
> generally because it is on the Internet. Your thoughts?
> 3. Apart from online voting, what do you think are other possible
> options that would make voting more accessible to blind people and
> people with other types of disabilities?
>
> Thanks very much for reading this and for any comment you may have.
>
> Julius
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