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Name :   Doug Hall
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/30/2005

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Section :  2.2.7.1
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Comment :  I see HAVA as the Country's voting civil rights legislation.  Finally,
all voters, including those of us with disabilities, may be able to
exercise our right and responsibility to independently and secretly vote!  I
have voted in almost every election since I turned 21 and, just when I
thought that I may be able to do so in secret and independently for the first  
time, our County Council and the Federal Courts pulled out the rug from
under my rights.  So, we in Volusia County Florida, are still waiting
for what we have worked for, the ability to go to the polls and cast our
votes independently and in secret, just as non-disabled voters have been able to do.
 
In the establishment of new VVSG standards, I urge the Commission to  
insist on independence and secrecy for all voters by:

1.  Continue mandating at least one accessible machine at each polling place;