As of now there is no way for the election commission to know the list of PwD voters in a particular constituency hence implementing this order is next to impossible. There is no asking for disability information when one fills the online application for a voter ID card.
Santosh Singh On 19 Oct 2018 14:59, "Kanchan Pamnani" <[email protected]> wrote: > 10/19/2018 Election Commission To Provide Pick-Up, Drop Facility To > Disabled Voters > > "Each and every PwD should be tagged polling station-wise and he/she should > be picked up from his residence and dropped back there after he/she has > cast their vote, " the order read. All India | Indo-Asian News Service | > > Government vehicles may be used for the purpose, the EC directive said. New > Delhi: Guided by the motto of "No voter to be left behind", the Election > Commission (EC) has ordered the election machinery in states to arrange > transport for disabled voters and their assistants on the polling day to > ensure their participation in the electoral process. In an order issued to > the Chief Electoral Officers of all states and Union Territories -- shared > with the media on Thursday -- the EC has directed them to arrange for the > pick-up and drop facility for the disabled from their residence to the > polling station and back residence to the polling station and back. > Government vehicles may be used for the purpose, the EC directive said. > "There should be proper transport facility for persons with disabilities > (PwDs) in each and every polling station on the day of poll. Government > vehicles to be used for this purpose," the EC said in its order dated > September 27. "The District Electoral Officer/ Returning Officer shall be > responsible for entire transportation exercise. A transport nodal officer > shall be appointed for each district. "Each and every PwD should be tagged > polling station-wise and he/she should be picked up from his residence and > dropped back there after he/she has cast their vote," the order read. > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > 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. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] 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. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
