dear friends is it not possible to put in place voice enabled electronic voting system for blind instead of braille voting papers please think over it.
On 9/5/14, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 11:50:31 +0530 > Subject: The Statesman: Visually challenged demand Braille ballot in JNU > To: jnuvision <jnuvis...@yahoogroups.com> > > Dear All > Our struggle to get Braille ballot will go on and let us be united to > take this challenge in unison. > I'm trying to seek cooperation from friends who work in media in this > regard. > Some of the students have suggested iff we are not provided Braille > ballot there is no use voting with the help of agent where our secrecy > and privacy are violated. Petty excuses will not deter us for > demanding our basic democratic right which has been denied to us for > long. > Here is a Statesman's report which appeared today. I'd urge to share > this report on your FB and Twitter so that our cause is not only known > to the world; but Election Commission do some serious introspection > for facilitating secret voting right to us. > http://www.thestatesman.net/news/75698-Visually-challenged-demand-Braille-ballot.html > New Delhi, 4 September > Days before student union elections in Jawaharlal Nehru University, > visually challenged students held a protest at the JNU campus > demanding Braille ballot to enable them to vote freely and > independently. > There are more than 60 such students in the JNU campus from various > departments. In earlier elections, they cast their votes through their > own agents or with the help of members of the election committee (EC). > However, this time they want to cast their votes independently without > anyone's help. "Neither political parties nor poll panel are concerned > about how to ensure secret voting for blind students. When the members > of JNU Visually Challenged Forum placed their demand before EC, they > cited some petty reasons for not making any arrangements for Braille > ballot," said Avinash Shahi, PhD scholar at the Centre for the Study > of Law and Governance, JNU. "In fact in the Lok Sabha elections this > year we were provided Braille ballots and the EVMs also had Braille > buttons," added Shahi. > According to members of the JNU Visually Challenged Forum, the vote > that is cast through agents lacks secrecy and credibility. In many > cases they are also misguided. In such a situation a Braille ballot is > a must for them, they said. > The election committee, however, is not in favour of the Braille > ballot. "First of all, the Braille ballot is too costly and with our > limited funds it is not possible to arrange for one in this short span > of time," said Kumar Morya, chairperson of the poll panel. The > election committee suggested that the visually challenged students > cast their votes with the help of their own trusted agents. > While the controversy rages on, the election committee has expressed > its inability to install the Braille ballot. "Most of the visually > challenged students are incapable of studying Braille, so if we > install the Braille ballot, then, too, most of them have to take the > help of other people to cast their votes. We have assured them every > kind of help for casting their votes secretly," said Arvind Panday, > member of the EC. "Also, members of the EC are mostly graduation and > post graduation students, so we have limited time for making these > arrangements after coping with our studies," added Pan > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > 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. 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