David Brownell This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. SecurePoll Electronic Voting Update

   www.securepoll.com/Archives/Ar - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/21/2002   Last Visited: 2/21/2003

   "This would give blind voters, for the first time, the right to a secret ballot," said David Brownell, president of the Merrimack Valley chapter of the National Federation of the Blind.
   
   State law currently says blind voters can choose somebody to accompany them into the voting booth and mark their ballots for them. Prior to 1971, Brownell said, state law required blind voters to be accompanied by two people, one Republican and one Democrat, to make sure the voter's wishes were followed.
   
   "Either way, it's crowded, not to mention nosy," he said.
   
   Diebold Election Systems of Texas will demonstrate its touch-screen voting stations during the annual meeting of the federation's New Hampshire affiliate at the Concord Holiday Inn.
   
   The voting stations display a scrolling ballot, and most voters mark their choices by touching the screen with a finger or some pointing device.
   
   When a blind voter enters the booth, a "smart card," like a credit card with a microchip, is put into the machine. The voter puts on headphones and listens to a description of the ballot, registering votes by pushing keys on a keypad.

2. 2. Electronic ballots meant to aid blind in voting to be demonstrated

   www.cmonitor.com/stories/news/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/15/2002   Last Visited: 11/16/2002

   "This would give blind voters, for the first time, the right to a secret ballot," said David Brownell, president of the Merrimack Valley chapter of the National Federation of the Blind.
   
   State law currently says blind voters can choose somebody to accompany them into the voting booth and mark their ballots for them. Prior to 1971, Brownell said, state law required blind voters to be accompanied by two people, one Republican and one Democrat, to make sure the voter's wishes were followed.
   
   "Either way, it's crowded, not to mention nosy," he said.
   
   Diebold Election Systems of Texas will demonstrate its touch-screen voting stations during the annual meeting of the federation's New Hampshire affiliate at the Concord Holiday Inn.
   
   The voting stations display a scrolling ballot, and most voters mark their choices by touching the screen with a finger or some pointing device.
   
   When a blind voter enters the booth, a "smart card," like a credit card with a microchip, is put into the machine. The voter puts on headphones and listens to a description of the ballot, registering votes by pushing keys on a keypad.