Hi All, I am in East Delhi. I did not ask for any services for the visually impaired. I could see the buttons but not the symbols properly. Was assisted by my Father. It was quick.
On 10 April 2014 15:53, Prashant Verma <pr_ve...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > I am in the South Delhi Parliamentary constituency. > I had registered myself and Veena on the Election Commission website and > had > requested for services for a visually impaired. > Today when we went to the polling booth which was about 400 meters from my > house, at the entrance I asked them for the help desk or any polling booth > officer. > The security people immediately sent a staff with a wheel chair. We told > them that we could walk and just needed assistance in reaching the correct > place. The staff guided us directly to the polling booth where I showed the > registration paper and the voting slip which I had received at my residence > address. It seemed that all the officials there were aware of what needed > to > be done. Ballot paper in braille was also provided. > They also made sure that no one was watching when we were pressing the > button on the EVM. The EVM machine did not have braille marks but its > buttons could be easily identified. > We voted without any hassel and came out very quickly. > > Our experience was very pleasant. 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