Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Notes.
Obtaining a sample ballot by email.

More up to date technology, softwares for the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Elections Division.

Printers Bradford and Bigelow tel 978 904-3100 x113 will send by email sample ballots to the Elections Office for forwarding along by email to interested voters planning their vote.
http://www.bradford-bigelow.com/bradford_digbk.html

Scanning can copy the paper version of a sample ballot.

Cellphone cameras can copy the paper version of a sample ballot.

League of Women Voters of Massachusetts will obtain sample ballots by fax for email forwarding.

The Secret Guide to Computers by Russ Walter
http://www.angelfire.com/nh/secret/

Advocacy.
Advocate for sample ballots on the web.
Advocate for elderly planning their vote
Advocate for folks with concerns like dyslexia.

The Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth has a scanner or a cellphone and could send by email a sample ballot.
The Printer of ballots could send a sample ballot to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by email.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Specimen Ballots

Review your Specimen Ballot before Election Day, email
elections@sec.state.ma.us

see also
http://wheredoivotema.com

On the web Specimen Ballots.
Weblinks for Specimen ballots, click on... comments
add a link or a Specimen Ballot

Last year's Specimen Ballots
http://www.cityofboston.gov/news/uploads/10332_48_7_54.pdf


References

election websites' usability
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/initiatives_detail.aspx?initiativeID=85899363962

Petition W F Galvin Secretary of the Commonwealth
http://signon.org/sign/sos-lets-get-ready-for

League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
http://www.lwvma.org/

Voter Empowerment
MassVote
A Green, Co-Director 617 542-8683 x207
http://massvote.org/voter-help/
agreen@massvote.org

>"...in plenty of other states, there is an online way to view your sample ballot in any upcoming election. Massachusetts should do this. The thing that you could do that would be most effective is to call, write, and visit 3 people to urge that this functionality be made available:
> 1) Aaron Michlewitz, State House Chair of the Elections Law Committee aaron.m.michlewitz@mahouse.gov
617 722-2400
> 2) Michael Moran, State House Division Leader and former Chair of the Elections Law Committee michael.moran@mahouse.gov
617 722-2460
> and
> 3) Michelle Tassinari", Director, Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth michelle.tassinari@state.ma.us
617 727-2828

Voting Section, T C Herren Jr, Chief 1-800-253-3931
Civil Rights Division
Department of Justice
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/
voting.section@usdoj.gov

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
W F Galvin 617 727-9180
http://mass.gov/sec
[wgalvin][?]@sec.state.ma.us

Elections Division
M K Tassinari, Director 617 727-2828
http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/cfsdd/madir.htm
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleidx.htm
elections@sec.state.ma.us

Public Records Division
S A Williams, Assistant Director 617 727-2832
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcrmu/rmuidx.htm
pre@sec.state.ma.us

Printer of Ballots 978 904-3100 x113
Bradford and Bigelow
http://www.bradford-bigelow.com/
info@bradford-bigelow.com

Elections Commission City of Boston 617 635-3767
E Rooney
G Cuddyer
S K Burke
http://www.cityofboston.gov/boardsandcommissions/elections.asp
http://www.cityofboston.gov/elections/
election@cityofboston.gov

Joint Committee on Election Laws
http://www.malegislature.gov/Committees/Joint/J15