National Federation of the Blind of Iowa – Iowa Media Wire https://www.iowamediawire.com Latest News from Iowa Mon, 05 Oct 2020 04:16:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.iowamediawire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-Iowa-News-Feat-Img-32x32.jpg National Federation of the Blind of Iowa – Iowa Media Wire https://www.iowamediawire.com 32 32 Blind Iowans Fighting for Access to Absentee Ballots https://www.iowamediawire.com/2020/10/blind-iowans-fighting-for-access-to-absentee-ballots/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 04:16:11 +0000 https://www.iowa.media/2020/10/04/blind-iowans-fighting-for-access-to-absentee-ballots/ DES MOINES, Iowa — Voting in Iowa begins on Monday, but absentee ballots aren’t available to all in the state.  Voting by mail requires filling out a paper ballot, which those who are blind cannot do independently. Many organizations have been talking to state officials for years about making absentee voting more accessible for the […]

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