>> On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 08:14:11 -0400, Amy Guskin wrote
(in article ):
>>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:43:07 -0400, Duggy wrote
> (in article 
> ):
> 
>> On Nov 3, 3:12 am, Charlie E.  wrote:
>>> In California, they acknowledge that there are reasons for an
>>> absenttee ballot other than you would be out of town.  In our case,
>>> Pamela is blind, so I have to fill out the ballot for her.  That sort
>>> of thing is frowned on in the voting booth... ;-)
>> 
>> Really?  It's allowed in Australia. <<
> 
> It's allowed in parts of the US, too.  Actually, I've never heard that it's 
> NOT allowed anywhere in the US, so this California thing is new to me.  
> Still, I don't know how they could get away with it.  Seems like it's 
> discrimination against...well...anyone who requires assistance.  And in fact, 
> what Charlie is doing at home with his wife's ballot is assisting her, 
> anyway. <<
Okay, found this:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/Outreach/a-guide-to-voting.pdf
Which says:
WHAT IF I NEED ASSISTANCE IN VOTING? 
If you need help marking your ballot, you may choose 
up to two people to help you cast your vote as long  
as they are not your employer, your employerıs agent, 
your labor union leader, or your labor unionıs agent . 
If ³curbside voting² is available at your polling place, 
you may get as close as possible to the voting area 
and elections officials will bring you a roster to sign,  
a ballot, and any other voting materials you may need . 
Contact your county elections office to determine if 
curbside voting is available at your polling place . 
We don't have curbside voting in PA anymore.  I do note that CA prefers 
voting to be "in secret," and requires a polling place to be completely 
accessible to persons with disabilities (meaning both that they can get in, 
and that they can vote), including blind people.  And I mean, we do have that 
too, but our few blind residents in our precinct do it both ways: we have 
some who vote on the optical ballot with an assistant, and some who use the 
electronic ballot with headphones.
Amy
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