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Cynde Soto Systems Change Advocate

Future of California Elections Conference
February 2016

Stakeholder Participation
•	Meeting  location
o	Public  transportation accessible
o	Disability-familiar venue
•	Not engaged from the beginning
o	Consulted after a closed planning or drafting process
•	Outreach
o	The usual suspects only
o	Needs  diversity of disability
•	People with disabilities planning stakeholder engagement from the beginning

Voter Education Materials
•	Need for other more modern alternate formats over cassette tapes.
•	Delivery timing:  too late, especially for  non-English languages
•	Website accessibility
o	Limited access  to computers  or internet
o	Can’t read it if the website isn’t accessible
o	Video captioning
o	Information in ASL (video)
•	Plain language is needed
•	Screen Reader  accessible versions
o	Not all PDF’s  are accessible
o	Image descriptions
o	Rich Text File Outline of Powerpoint  or PDF’s with graphics
•	Video
o	Audio descriptions
o	Captions

Accessible Voting Machine Information
•	More how to videos on county website
•	Promote opportunities to practice on the machine
o	In person at County 
o	Festivals and Events
•	Poll worker machine training
o	How to use the machine
o	Path of  travel to  the machine
o	Machine  placement: privacy