A soldier's mother is denied her right to vote and to speak

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0813montini0813.html

Aug. 13, 2006 12:00 AM

Earlier this month, a disabled woman named Eva Steele wanted to tell some visiting congressmen about an Arizona law that may keep her from voting in the next election, but the politicians wouldn't let her speak.

Had the boys from Washington let Steele have her say, she would have told them that her son is an Army reservist out of Missouri deployed in Iraq, where he is risking his life to give Iraqis the right to vote. Something his mother seems to have lost.

"I was hoping they would appreciate the irony of the situation," she told me. "But, I guess not."

Steele's son also is risking his life to allow Iraqis the right to speak freely to elected officials, which his mother wasn't permitted to do. That's because the members of the Committee of House Administration who were visiting our state chose to hear mostly from other politicians, such as Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas.

[Poppyseedman]

1. Absentee ballot

http://www.activoteamerica.com/AZ/az.html

It is a pain in the ass to do a absentee ballot, but her congressmen is a jerk for not helping her.

[LA lady]

2. She says she is receiving disability

I know to get disability, I had to provide identification. (I have MS)

http://www.demos.org/DemocracyDispatches/docs/EvaSteeletestimony.pdf