Hi everyone, Do share this note so blind voters benefit from prepared, independent, private voting!
Form 7A is a statutory document required under the Conduct of Election Rules 1961 <http://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/%282%29%20THE%20CONDUCT%20OF%20ELECTION%20RULES%2C%201961.pdf> . It is particularly of use to blind voters as it lists contesting candidates in the same order as the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). Despite much advocacy by DRA, this document is still not completely accessible, but it is however readable. We've attempted to make the 1st Phase 200+ page document easier to navigate by bookmarking the list state and constituency-wise. Ideally for security reasons it is best that ECI itself hosts this to prevent tampering. Since repeated requests to ECI highlighting this issue have not yet yielded an accessible document , DRA has bookmarked the same for usability. We will do so for upcoming phases too as soon as the documents are released by ECI. Hope this helps & Happy Voting! Vaishnavi Jayakumar http://about.me/vjayakumar ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Disability Rights Alliance, INDIA < disabilityrightsalliance...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 15:56 Subject: Blind voters rejoice! To: AccessIndia.org.in <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Blind voters rejoice! Stop fretting about whether Braille candidate list will be available at booths. Form 7A is available phase, state, constituencywise and can be read by a screenreader. This bookmarked version of the ECI original document has been provided by Team Disability Rights Alliance as an interim service- until ECI follows years of advice and makes its documents accessible. http://bit.ly/form-7a Happy voting! Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
