The elections staff said we handled the issue correctly!

[struggle4progress]

This is an update on this month-old thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=1958596

To summarize, we were doing a public voter registration drive in September, and somebody wanted to register, who was perfectly articulate but wheelchair-confined, with NO use of any limbs and unable to make any mark whatsoever that might count as a signature on the registration form

So what we finally decided was this: two of us filled out the form for the citizen, had the citizen doubble-check the form, made a brief note on the form about the circumstances, then wrote a longer explanation on another piece of paper, which we both signed with our names and contact info

I knew the stuff got handed in, and I left various messages with various people for info, but everybody's busy, and I never got any further feedback from anybody

So after I early-voted today, I asked elections staff about the proper way to proceed in such cases, and was shuffled around a bit until I finally encountered the person who approved that registration form -- and from the board-of-elections point-of-view, what we did was just fine: they wouldn't tell me to proceed any differently in another such case

:woohoo:

And then I got to see some of the special equipment they've got now that allows differently-abled folk to mark their own ballots by pushing buttons or blowing in a puff-tube or such

:woohoo:

[NBachers]

1. Good! I am heartened by stories of voter expansion over voter repression

[struggle4progress]

2. every time i interact with my local boe folk i like them more

[NBachers]

3. Yup, same here. I see nothing but integrity and commitment in my local BOE experiences

Well, except for the guy who took votes home with him, or the empty spare boxes that were found floating in San Francisco Bay, or the current scandal about a candidate's supporters filling out vote forms for people.

But, as I say, I've had only good experiences in my interactions with the Board of Elections themselves. It's a big job, and they seem committed to doing it well.