Hi Subramani, There has been no progress on this as yet.
What do you recommend? Do we send a joint/combined mail on behalf of the list or write in individually? Geetha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Subramani L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Fw: Assembly polls: EVMs to have Braille option > Hai Geetha and others: > > Have you filed the complaint with the commissioner or CEC? Pl update me > on this. > > Subramani > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harish > Kotian > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:10 PM > To: Geetha Shamanna; accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: Re: [AI] Fw: Assembly polls: EVMs to have Braille option > > Hi Geetha > > On behalf of the list I too submitted a petition to the election > commissioner to rectify the deficiency on blind persons using the EVM's. > Harish. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Access india" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 5:23 PM > Subject: [AI] Fw: Assembly polls: EVMs to have Braille option > > > Hi Kanchan and list, > > Writing to the newspaper may not help. However, writing to the chief > election commissioneror his deputy might. > > The following site has the e-mail addresses of nearly all the election > commission officials: > http://www.eci.gov.in/Directories&photogallery/e-mailaddress.asp > > Our petition may have a greater impact if we send a common mail on > behalf of > all the list members. What do you think? > > Geetha > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pamnani" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Geetha Shamanna" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 2:36 PM > Subject: Fw: [AI] Assembly polls: EVMs to have Braille option > >> Hi geeta, >> Do you want to write to this newspaper and inform them that what was >> promised was not delivered. Kanchan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Shadab Husain" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: < > accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 08:35 >> Subject: [AI] Assembly polls: EVMs to have Braille option >> >> >> Assembly polls: EVMs to have Braille option >> >> Karnataka Bureau >> >> - Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy >> >> plea: Disabled people meeeting State Chief Electoral Officer M.N. >> Vidyashankar in Bangalore on Wednesday. >> >> BANGALORE: The Election Commission will issue directions to State >> Chief Electoral Officer M.N. Vidyashankar to ensure that all >> electronic voting machines >> (EVMs) to be used in the Assembly elections in the State have a >> Braille option. Over 50,000 EVMs will be used for polling in the >> State. >> >> Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami told The Hindu that EVMs >> with Braille option had been used in a few States. >> >> "It should not be a problem to ensure that Braille number strips are >> pasted on the EVMs to be used in the polling stations in Karnataka as >> well," he said. >> >> His reaction came following a petition by a delegation of Karnataka >> Angavikalara Rajya Okkoota on Wednesday to Mr. Vidyashankar seeking a >> Braille option >> in the EVMs, and ramps for the disabled at polling booths. >> >> "Now that this matter has been brought to our notice, suitable >> directions will be issued. Visually impaired people need not be >> dependant on any assistance >> while voting," Mr. Gopalaswami said. >> >> On the demand for ramps to enable disabled persons to get into polling >> stations on their own, he said, "Polling stations will have ramps. >> This is mandatory." >> >> N.P. Ramachandra, Ramanagara district unit secretary of the okkoota >> who met Mr. Vidyashankar, said that disabled persons were usually >> manhandled by agents >> of political parties. >> >> "It hardly costs Rs. 5 to insert Braille features on the EVMs. But it >> helps a visually challenged person to be independent of others while >> making a choice," >> he said. >> >> > http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/10/stories/2008041055930100.htm >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 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.i > n >> >> > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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.i > n > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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.i > n > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. 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