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Always Learning

December 14th, 2007 | posted by chris_smith

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One of the great things about Voter Owned Elections and the interaction with voters that it fosters is that I'm ALWAYS learning something.

This week I met a woman at Southeast Uplift who wanted to contribute, but could not complete the form because she is legally blind.

Yes, the system has an accommodation for this, but I hadn't learned what it was. Now I have! The Auditor's office has an assistance form, which both she and I sign, and which allows me to fill out the form fields for her. She still has to sign the form (although there is an option for a signature stamp, for those who are also unable to sign).

She was kind enough to meet me this morning and we completed the whole process. So now I have one more contribution, and I'm smarter about accommodations for disabilities in our legal systems (she shared with me how painful it is to execute real estate documents)!

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