No Segregated Voting Machines — Update
ACTION ALERT UPDATE
In a response to a communication sent to the New York State Board of Elections this morning, Peter Kosinski agreed to take proposal # 2 by Commissioner Kelleher off the table today!
This is a big victory for the disability community and for all citizens who want to use the ballot marking devices. We want to thank all of you who advocated for this change for your efforts. We believe that proposal # 2 will be formally dropped at the Thursday SBOE meeting and that proposal #1 by Commissioners Kellner and Aquila will be adopted. We also believe that there may be discussion raised on Thursday about expanding the ballot marking devices to one per polling place in 2008.
ACTIONS
· Stop submitting letters to the SBOE regarding the ballot marking device procedures. This includes suspending the CDR Capwiz letter writing action alert.
· We should still make sure that we have some advocates present at the SBOE meeting on Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 1 pm. It is obviously something that is easier for those who are in proximity of Albany. SBOE is located at 40 Steuben Street in Albany, NY 12207. Their section of Steuben Street is pedestrian. It is located between North Pearl and Chapel Streets. You can access North Pearl Street from State Street. The meeting is usually held on the third floor.
· For those of you who cannot make the meeting, you can watch and/or listen to the meeting on the NYSBOE website via a web cast at the following link:
http://www.elections.state.ny.us/portal/page?_pageid=35,1,35_8534:35_62319&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Again thank you for your assistance with this successful action.
Brad
RA’s Note:
Several of us from Rochester will be going to Albany on Thursday to attend the meeting. I’ll let you know how it turns out.