I had the opportunity to cast my vote on the 11th at NOIDA. My wife and I reached the polling booth at about 0730hrs. There were long queues. I mentioned to one of the police officers that I was visually impaired. He directly sent me to the polling booth in-charge. When he learnt that I was blind and did not know braille. He was ok for my wife to assist me with the voting. It was a smooth operation. In fact my voting experience in 2014 too was smooth.
Best, George -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:06 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Voting experience yesterday My commentsare inline: Rajesh and Nupur, Some queries : 1. What languages were the Braille Ballot papers available in? Did the first line of the Braille Ballot papers indicate the language of the document? R: Marathi Did not check. 2. What benefit did the Braille Ballot papers have over the electronic version at bit.ly/form-7a or do you just prefer Braille as a format R: I can read braille, and did not know about e form 7A by then. I can use both in future. 3. Were any of the ATMs linked because there were more than 15 candidates? If so did the ATMs have a sticker on the top RHS indicating the order - EVM 1, EVM 2 etc R: There were two EVMs for 31 options. I was told which is the first and second, don't think there was sticker. 4. Did you both sign or affix thumb impression? Any move to make you fill up 49N as assisted voting as a result? R: I signed. No 49N. 5. Any other inputs on assured minimum facilities - 1:12 ramp, drinking water, priority queue etc? R: I think all were there, no priority queue as it was afternoon. 6. What change in training format would you recommend for better communication? As of now the relevant extract from the training video goes like this https://youtu.noclick_be/GG16g11JJoQ?t=8m50s Illustration 1 (Blind person standing in the line) Person 1: Sir, please don't bother to stand in a line. Please come with me. This way. Please stand here. Sir, this is the ballot paper in braille. You may have a look and go through. Please remember the serial number of candidate you have a preference for. And inside, braille stickers are placed on the EVM (Electronic Voting Machine too), to help you vote for your preferred candidate. (Another audio voice: 578 Deepak Kumar Sharma, son of Bhushan Das Sharma, OK) Illustration 2 (Blind lady standing in line) - From 9:34 onwards Lady : Excuse me, where is the line for ladies Person 4: Ladies line is that side BUT you please don't bother to be in line. You may walk in directly. This way please Person 1 (at the booth): Can you read braille? Lady: No, I do not know braille. Person 1: I see Lady: Sir, can I use a companion ? Person 1: Yes sure Person 1 to the companion: Hope you have not gone as companion with another person during this election. Companion: No. Person 1: There is declaration form. What is your name? Companion : Sunitha Two points: (1) You have declared as companion that you have not gone as companion with anybody else. (2) Maintain secrecy. You will not tell anyone outside who she has voted for. This is a dummy ballot unit. A similar unit is kept in the voting compartment. This is candidates button. Once you press the candidate of choice, red light will glow.and machine will give a long beep. This indicates vote has been cast. Now please go and vote. End (10:51) 7. Please consider filling feedback at http://bit.noclick_ly/votability so we can work with ECI towards improving election experience going forward. R: Will do. Thanks! Vaishnavi On Tue 16 Apr, 2019, 10:05 AM Nupur Jain (नूपुर जैन), <nupur.j...@gail.co.in> wrote: > Hi All, > > I along with my husband who is also VI practiced our right to vote at > Noida. > The experience was smooth accept for, we had to ask for the list of > candidates in braille. > We waited for few minutes but they could not find it. However, it came > after we had already voted. Therefore, we suggested them to keep that > braille list ready in case required for the day. > One of them also gave me the orientation of the EVM with the code > matching the symbol. > > With best regards, > > Nupur > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On > Behalf Of Kanchan Pamnani > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 9:51 AM > To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerning the disabled.' > Subject: Re: [AI] Voting experience yesterday > > Anyone else voted in Phase1? > Please give your feedback. > Kanchan > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On > Behalf Of Asudani, Rajesh > Sent: 12 April 2019 10:05 > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerning the disabled. > Subject: [AI] Voting experience yesterday > > Friends > Yesterday, I along with my elder brother who is also blind, went to > cast our valuable vote with my wife accompanying us. > > To begin with, the clerk at booth greeted us with affront question to > my wife, “Can they cast vote or you will caste instead? > However, before I could recover from this momentous attack on our > ability and direct substitutive approach taken by the representative > of the biggest democracy, the booth-in-charge walked upto us and > handled the situation himself. > From Then onwards, it was smooth process with braille list and braille > labelling on the EVM. > However, no attempts were made to counsel the concerned clerk, at > least not in our presence. > > > > > सादर / With thanks & Regards > राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani > सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM > बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU > भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur > > 0712 2806846 > > President > VIBEWA > Co-Moderator > VIB-India > > A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and > laughter. > > > ________________________________ > > Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, SMSs or makes > calls asking for personal information such as your bank account > details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. > Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official > or attractive they may look. > > > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom > they are addressed. 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