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Officials still blind to voting needs of disabled?


Demand for form-7A to be made available as text document to help visually-challenged still pending
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By Express News Service
CHENNAI: Activists for differently-abled persons have been struggling for five years to make form-7A on the election commission website accessible to visually-challenged citizens to cast their vote independently.The document, which contains details of the candidate’s name, photo, party, symbol and other details is currently available as an image document on www.elections.tn.gov.in.
The image cannot be accessed by visually-challenged voters on the screen. If available as a text document, screen readers can read out the form to visually-challenged individuals to communicate the displayed text, thereby giving them access to cast their vote.  ....

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Making elections accessible - The Hindu


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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