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Senate passes resolution urging county clerks to offer ballots in braille after fifth grader’s idea
Summary
The Utah Senate unanimously passed SCR 3 on Feb. 19, 1996, a concurrent resolution urging county election clerks to make ballots available in braille so blind voters can cast private ballots. The idea was presented to the Senate by 5th-grader John Lipsey and carried by Senator Howell.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 19 passed a concurrent resolution urging county election clerks to provide ballots in braille for voting-age citizens who are blind.
The resolution, SCR 3, was introduced in part after a presentation by fifth grader John Lipsey of Copperfield Elementary, who told the chamber he had proposed braille ballots in a school assignment to give blind voters the…
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