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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 06:08:22 +0530
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Subject: Fw: [SayEverything] Braille EVMs for the blind coming soon
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From: SUSYMATHEW
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Subject: [SayEverything] Braille EVMs for the blind coming soon
February 08, 2007 10:57 IST
Blind people in the country might soon get a chance to exercise their franchise
through new Braille Electronic Voting Machines.
A proposal to this effect has already been accepted in principle by the
Election Commission and the next step is to seek help from the National
Institute
for Visually Handicapped, the premier institute for the blind in Dehradun, for
making a Braille EVM.
Under the process, Braille symbols would be installed on the EVMs, thus
visually handicapped people should not have any problem in exercising their
franchise,
a NIVH spokesperson said.
"We received the proposal and it was immediately put before the Election
Commission, which in turn gave its acceptance in principle," Uttarakhand Chief
Electoral Officer N Ravishanker said.
The Election Commission was working on the proposal though such machines are
yet to come, Ravishanker said.
The proposal was first mooted by District Magistrate, Dehradun, Rakesh Kumar.
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