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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2019-03-13 | 14 | ITEM 3-A COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 6:30 PM Jenn Barrett: Lisa volunteers. Yes. And maybe, she can speak to it as well. Jennifer Roloff: So, if you're going to talk to Laurie, I'm happy to just do a reach out to Doug and maybe say who would be the most appropriate speaker to speak on Alameda, specifically. Jenn Barrett: That would be great. Jennifer Roloff: Is that okay? I'll take that? Jenn Barrett: Yeah. Because I feel like we have a broad understanding of the region and the needs but it would be great to have something very specific to Alameda because I think that's missing. Jennifer Roloff: Okay. Leslie Morrison: The other topic that's described in the minutes from February is voting access, voter access which was an issue that I had raised. But since really the big federal election is in November 2020, it may be enough for us to just tackle these two issues this year and then I would like for that to be something that the commission focuses on in time for the November 2020 election. Jenn Barrett: I wonder how much we can learn from the Census in order to help that, because there's some similarities between the Census and voting as we want to get as many people to participate as possible. Leslie Morrison: I suspect that the Census will be a while before the results of the Census become public and may well be past the 2020 election. Jenn Barrett: But at least we'll have maybe more of a strategy with these meetings of how to get more people Leslie Morrison: To vote. Jenn Barrett: Right. Leslie Morrison: Certainly. I have some experience around just ensuring that voting places are accessible but also how to get out the word about vote-by-mail options. And I have a connection with someone who does a lot of advocacy around voting issues for people with disabilities and I'd be happy to have that person come and just talk generally about what's happening in that field. But maybe that could be later in the year. Jenn Barrett: Okay, that sounds great. Leslie Morrison: It doesn't feel as urgent to me. 03/13/19 Page 14 of 28 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2019-03-13.pdf |