Disability Advisory Committee Meeting 2008 HAVA Grant December 10, 2008 Agenda

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1 Disability Advisory Committee Meeting 2008 HAVA Grant December 10, 2008 Agenda 1 Approval of August Minutes 2 Report from the General Election How it went from the County s perspective How it went as a person with a disability TACID & CFI as polling locations Training Mary Beth 3 October 1 st Forum Feedback Evaluation Summary Committee Feedback 4 Brochure 5 Budget Status Mary Schmidke Shifting Expenses between categories 6 What Next?

2 PC Disability Advisory Committee (12/10/08) 4:11pm Attendance Penny Condoll, Linda Lohdefincks, Ron Stone, Dan Eberle, Robert Wardell, Chris Ensor, Trina Forest, Cindy Hartman, Mary Schmidke, Mary Beth Quincy 1 Approval of August Minutes Moved & Second; accepted with one change to correct Linda s name needs an S at the end 2 Report from the General Election Cindy reported on voters who voted at CFI & TACID: 237 total voters CFI = 48, TACID =189 refer to CFI & TACID Comment Compilation handout o Question about provisional ballots were answered o TACID & CFI only places receiving feedback comment cards in county o Draft brochure passed out on accessible voting in Pierce County o Comment about personal experience and support being added to brochure Penny can get her groups feedback o Suggestion to add testimonial re: forum, training & voting Add quotes to voter pamphlet o Linda include that poll staff was helpful & process was seamless o Next year add voters box for absentee ballots Mary Beth Training for poll worker o Disability awareness training was provided to all poll workers (438 handouts) o Provided opportunity for requests for disability training to other various groups (not voter related) o Community Training to groups o People were surprised they could vote outside their precinct polling place o People excited they could come to TACID o Penny felt that this training encouraged previous non-voters to vote o Linda would like better definition of deaf community groups o HSDC took responsibility for distribution to deaf community o Need to find a way to reach out to non-served community o Suggest looking at missing groups

3 3 October 1 st Forum Feedback Trina provided feedback from Oct 1 voting forum o People jam in hallway o People didn t wander through hallway for info o Other than that CFI & TACID felt it was very successful & valuable CFI & TACID o Committee feedback was positive about outcomes of vote o Suggest Add attachments to minutes hyperlink will have documents from this meeting & previous meetings online- will need to determine whether to be placed on county, TACID, & CFI website 4 Brochure Mary Schmidke reported on brochure draft Linda requested check reading level Mary will check Dan suggested link be italicized due to potential color blindness Robert better info for people who haven t voted before Linda suggested Q&A for registration Trina wants to take brochure to get eval from her participants first Dan suggested Read Please excellent text reader Linda suggested JAWS Ron suggested making sure PDF is formatted correctly Mary Schmidke media for creating brochure was in grant marketing Don put contract info on last page 5 Budget Status Mary Schmidke Distributed budget status reports CFI, TACID, & cumulative Cumulative amount didn t include today s meeting Robert suggested getting donation funds Trina explained breakout of how money was used Mary suggested picture included on website Mary wants a breakdown of what specifically money was used for Penny suggested better picture

4 Motion to shift money around in budget to cover costs incurred second and passed unanimously. Suggest decision on how many brochures need printed, what format. In-kind support was discussed CFI & TACID will submit these Central University can convert to e-text 152,000 in PC with disabilities 20% of population Grant extended till June 6 What s Next? Next meeting 3 rd week in January Mary will get changes suggested sent to all committees Mary explain McCorky will be new executive Motion to adjourn 5:32 pm

5 CFI & TAClD Comment Compilation NIA Comments: Easy Rating - 81% -- Voted Previously The process was good. CFI - 48 The computer system was great. It was easy and the people were helpful and kind. Very easy to use. Lots of assistanm from everyone. There was no line and voting was quickleasy. Thank you. Very easy. People are very nice and helpful. I would choose this method time and time again. The touch screen machines were great. I appreciate the paper record. I want 'to be able to always vote at a polling place. I don't want to be forced to use a mail in ballot. 1 don't ever want to be forced to use an absentee ballot. Very well care! Extremely friendly environment. Very accessible and conven fen t. Very pleased with the directions from the assistants. Very easy voting. Thanks. Finding the poll was hard. Staff made the voting experience easy and enjoyable. THANKS! Easy. Great people herel Very friendly. Outstanding service! Thank you or making it easy. -First Time Voting Staff very helpful and professional. Made the process painless. Personnel were very helpful to me. Easy in. Easy out. Good service. It was fast and easy. Not c ded, which is a plus. I enjoyed my experience a lot. Very easy and very proud of the system. Made things a breeze. Moderate Rating % Great. Difffcult Rafing - 3% Wanted the Presidency to be subject to Ranked Choice Voting also. Not used to machines. Not Marked - 5% Used the provisional ballot. Did not feel it was very private. (Voted at table with other people.)

6 PIERCE COUNTY ACCESSIBLE VOTTNG PROJECT 2008 HAVA Community f raining Presentations Conducted by TAClD Date: Group Name: Location: N cl m ber Attended Center Force Lakewood 6 9/3/08 Blind Peer Support TAClD 13 Hope for Depression Bipolar Support Group SeIf Esteem Group Pt. DediancelRuston Sr. Center Brain Injury Support Group Deaf Community f acorna Goodwill P.C. A! DS Foundation Frank 'Soby Jones TACID TAClD TACTD Tacoma TAClD TACID Tacoma Tacoma Tacoma

7 Poll worker Training - Disability Awareness By Mary Beth Quinsey and Lisa Horn August 3,2008-am August 3,2008- pm August 5,2008 August 6,2008 August 7,2008 August 8,2008 August 10, 2008-am August 10,2008-pm Total

8 Pierce County Public Voting Forum October 1,2008 Venue: Location of the event (access, parking, facility, etc): 4.6 (25 votes) Comments Drove from lacey, WA. Directions on MapQuest. Really good and locations too I will do anything possible that I can do for any of the events like this The size of people I used the bus was adequate for this activity * Great location Easy to get to Couldn't be better! Timing: Time of day and time of year for fomm: 4.6 (24 votes) Comments: * Need to start earlier God time for people that need time to work, do errands during the late afternoon. Time good Anytime 'I am retired and did not have any trouble with the timing Perfect Good time Perhaps look forward - there were so many forums happening at the same time! Promo tion: Advance publicity information: 3.8 (23 votes) Comments: Fast info...shared wish business cards of each who wanted them. Would have been provided. I would like to get involved with more for the handicapped Advance notice was ok for me? Hard to find out about. I go to a lot of political events and on1 y saw a flyer once The phone number was wrong! * 582?

9 Event Organization: The forum schedule: 4.7 (24 votes) Comments: Need to give cart provider a break Great program Tt was up to beat! The forum was better than nothing. However, the time allowed for person was not concentrated enough to really be useful. Well done. Got a tot in Shorter time for speakers Lots of variety CFI knows how to get the job done!!! Maybe include County Exec & Council candidates on separate night? Polished Voter Registration Activities: Register to Vote: 4.9 (19 votes) Information on Rank Choice: 4.4 (2 1 votes) Party Political Information: 4.1 (19 votes) Comments: More time for questions Thanks! * OK a N/A saw the set up, Great! I am registered to vote and 1 am voting absentee I was already registered. The rank choice was useful. Candidate's time was too short - but adequate time may be quite impossible Didn't see political party info RCV is stiii confusing. How this doesn't violate on man, one vote, I'll never know. Working in politics, the explanation of RCV was informative even for me! Had already registered but it was a good opportunity for those who haven't

10 Disability Information : Information booths: 4.5 (26 votes) Comments Not enough clients * Greatjob Good pamphlets Booth info was good Kind of crowded in the hall * Hallway was a tough place to meet and greet Learned a lot of new things Go CFI - you rock! Very informative Navigating the Election: Understanding how it works: 4.5 (25 votes) Comments: Interesting new tech. PowerPokt This info was tlsehl * Easy to understand Rank voting is conhsing Meet and Greet the Candidates: 4.4 (24 votes) Comments Good participation from candidates - thanks for focusing them on disability issues Good Greatjob That was fun! Talked to Ed & thought 1 knew him from maybe DVR but, of course, it is the news. How fumy. We had a conversation about chiid trafficking and DV The time was too short to learn anything. Maybe the time in the hall could help Wonderful how you kept them in the time frame! One person (candidate) talked to me See first * I wish more would've showed, but not your fault * Would like a forum with debates and questiodanswer period Make it easier to identify candidates. Look at those done by Parent Coalitions in their Forums Forum Eva1 Page 3 of 4

11 Conclusion: How useful was the Forum to prepare you to vote at the November 4,2008 General Election: 4.6 (25 votes) Comments : need sample ballots Learning about new laws trying to be passed rather against or for rights for the disables This forum was useful compared to nothing, I don't know how it could be improved * Candidate Super * Lots of good info I like being able to vote in person at CFI instead of mailing Any Additional Cornmen ts (likes or dislikes and suggestions for future election events): Great job, thank you! I think you did okay + start at 5:30/ 6 is too late 1 tmly appreciated the lecture on ranked voting. I loved being able to use the accessible voting machine This was informative & E need t Ieam more of the Pros and Cons of legislative bills and RCWs I really liked being able to use the accessible voting machine The effort expended was admiral. As always, things could be better. Time per candidate was short. But time required is difficult to define * Excellent food! Great food? Keep up the good work? More on electronic voting machines and how your vote is safe Great food!!! Do this again. Maybe you could do breakout sessions so you could spend more time on topics * Great food - great speakers!!! Great event? Thanks Very impressive! Thank you for hosting this!! Forum Eva1 Page 4 of 4

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