Making elections accessible
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March 16, 2021 11:59 IST
Groups for differently-abled persons share their views on how to make the polling booths more disabled-friendly
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Groups for differently-abled persons share their views on how to make the polling booths more disabled-friendly
Elections after elections, orthopedically-challenged K. Selvi would crawl to the polling booth at a government school in Vadakkarai near Red Hills. At the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the polling booth became a little less inaccessible, as it offered her a wheelchair. However, without a volunteer to push the wheelchair, Selvi’s sister ended up doing it, while holding her eight-month-old baby.
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