visually impaired voters
Republican Project 2025 Takes Dead Aim at Veterans' Health and Disability Benefits
"Project 2025 envisions significant reductions to veterans' health care services and disability benefits. Proposed changes could disenroll millions of veterans without a service-connected designation from VA-paid health care. Other veterans could lose access to VA health care for issues that "don't align" with their service-related conditions. Take a look at the desired policies laid out in the Heritage Foundation's related blueprint: It's there in black and white." - Military Times
What happens if you are a veteran or senior citizen with bad eyesight? How can you vote to protect your benefits when it is hard for you to read the ballot, check what voter ID you'll need to or need help navigating a polling center? Consider these three free resources.
Ophthalmic Edge
Ophthalmic Edge empowers patients living with vision loss. It offers a guide to 'Voting With Vision Loss' and links to helpful apps.
"Election laws and voting regulations vary by state, some have recently changed in significant ways, so it’s important to check current policy for early and absentee voting where you live. The best way to confirm your registration and mail in deadlines is to call your local Board of Elections or go to Can I Vote and select your state. You must be registered to vote in every state, except North Dakota. Voters with visual impairments should know there are several ways to get the job done with relative ease."
Audio clip (3 minutes) of Introduction to Voting With Vision Loss. Share freely with this link.
Be My Eyes
The free Be My Eyes app helps the blind and those with vision difficulties get help from a remote volunteer to describe what they are seeing. More than half a million people worldwide already use the app which has over 7 million volunteers. Just share a photo of what your'e interested in and the app provides a description in your preferred language from a volunteer or an AI image describer.
Say for instance you need help reading a ballot or finding your way around a voting location. Use the Be My Eyes App. Be My Eyes Key Features:
Get assistance on your own terms: call a volunteer, chat with Be My AI or contact a company representative.
Volunteers and Be My AI available globally 24/7
Always free of charge
185 languages worldwide in 150+ countries
Spoken Content
VoteRiders provides free help with making sure you have a valid Voter ID. But say for instance, you have have bad eyesight and find it difficult to read their content.
Us the 'Spoken Content' feature on your iPhone to have the content read out aloud for you. It's simple. Go to Settings. Choose Accessibility and then Spoken Content. Turn on Spoken Content. And then when you are on a website (like VoteRiders), press the button on the top left of your screen. Your iPhone will then read out aloud the voter ID requirements for you state (in this example). Read more about this feature on the Apple website.
TakeAway: Don't let Republicans slash your benefits. Vote For Kamala Harris and Democrats.
Deepak
DemLabs
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