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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “There is no Braille ballot in Michigan.”

Featuring: Curtis Hertel Jr., Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 7

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Senator Hertel answers questions on the pandemic and politics

Published | Video Starts at 10:49

We have blind individuals, and this is something I'm working on, actually, in my office. You have blind individuals who. There is no Braille ballot in Michigan. So when they come go into the polls, there's a machine that helps them vote. And normally you'd say, well, you could get help from somebody else because of social distancing. (10:49–10:52)

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Asserts that Michigan does not have Braille ballots available for blind voters.

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