Even I had a smooth experience in a whole process of casting my vote at
booth number 76, School Block, Shakarpur east Delhi constituency.
I reached to the polling station around 10:00 AM yesterday. first of all I
was asked to submit my mobile phone with someone outside as they didn't have
facility to secure the devices.
I submited my mobile to one of my known shop keeper outside and then again
entered to the booth. A volunteer lady asked my escort to straightaway move
towards the booth without staying in any queue.
No offficial asked me whether I need a Braille list. Even I didn't ask for
Braille list this time.
This entire process of exercising my vote took around 20-25 minutes as the
polling station was just at the walking distance of 5 minutes from my
residence.
After reading so many experiences of visually impaird voters, it seems most
of the things are nicely setteld by the Election Commition or even the
Government of India from accessibility point of view. As a result, people
have also become more sensitised and awaken towards voters with vision
impairment.
Thanks,
Amit Bhatt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav....@gmail.com>
To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.'" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2019 10:42 PM
Subject: [AI] My voting experience
Hi all,
I had a smooth experience while voting. The moment the officials in the
booth saw me, they asked me if I would use an escort or would I vote
independently? I got the Braille list without asking for it. It is another
matter that I was not able to really read it but that is my failure in
terms of lack of Braille practice. The Braille list was clear. They had me
sign in a register and they put the ink stamp without a fuss on my right
hand given that my left palm is partly formed.
Booth number = 133
Voting party number: 144
Center: DON Bosco school
Pranav
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