hi. the form 7a on dra website for faze 3 is showing data of faze 2 the constituency of aldonha and mapsa goa are not mensioned
On 4/22/19, Vaishnavi Jayakumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Prashanth and others with vision disabilities, > > > 1. An Electronic Voting Machine consists of two Units - a Control Unit > and a Balloting Unit - joined by a five-meter cable. The Control Unit is > placed with the Presiding Officer or a Polling Officer and the Balloting > Unit is placed inside the voting compartment. Instead of issuing a ballot > paper, the Polling Officer in-charge of the Control Unit will release a > ballot by pressing the Ballot Button on the Control Unit. This will > enable > the voter to cast his vote by pressing the blue button on the Balloting > Unit against the candidate name, photo and symbol of his choice. > 2. Each EVM balloting unit has 16 slots for candidates (including the > last item on the candidate list which is always marked NOTA or none of > the > above). > 3. Candidates are listed vertically following a particular > categorisation and a language-specific alphabetical order - (i) > candidates > of recognised National parties and State political parties in the State > concerned, (ii) candidates of registered unrecognized political parties > and > (iii) other (independent) candidates. Once the order is fixed, the > numbers > are sequential, irrespective of the category, i.e numbering doesn't > resume > from 1 at every new category. > 4. The order in which the candidate details appear is as follows : a) > Serial Number b) Name of candidate with photo c) : Address of candidate > 4 > : Party affiliation 5 : Symbol allotted – picture and description > 5. Alongside the candidate list are the red LED lamp, blue button and > embossed Braille numbering at the extreme right. Because Braille > numbering is the same across all languages there are no language barriers > at the machine level. > 6. Availability of the Braille version of the candidate list is supposed > to be at the booth level and in English as default. Requests have been > made > for regional language versions as well (with document heading preceded by > language declaration) and a few booths have both, but very often there > are > no Braille candidate lists of any language available at booths.Whenever > the > number of candidate slots is greater than 16 in a constituency another > EVM > balloting unit is linked. > 7. The older models of EVMs allow for only 4 balloting units to be > linked (that is 64 candidates maximum in total) , the new model M3 (post > 2013) allows for totally 24 balloting units to be linked. (that is 384 > candidates maximum in total) > 8. The order in which the EVM balloting units are linked, going by > yesterday's feedback is right to left. That is when voter is behind the > compartment and facing the machine on the table, the left to right order > is Balloting Unit 4 , Balloting Unit 3, Balloting Unit 2, Balloting Unit > 1, > VVPAT machine. > 9. Because the Braille numbering is now part of the EVM mould, all > ballot units are numbered 1 to 16. In RK Nagar elections, stickers were > supplied for numbers 17 onwards, but on random testing of Braille > stickers > and candidate lists with blind voters it was discovered that voters could > feel the embossed Braille underneath the Braille sticker, rather than the > sticker number itself. As ECI claimed that standards did not permit > putting > stickers anywhere else on the machine it was decided to do away with > sticker numbering in favour of the pre-existing moulded Braille. So while > serial number 2 on the candidate's list would translate to EVM Number 1, > Button 2; the candidate list number 22 would translate to EVM 2, Button > 6. thumbwheel switch of 2 digit length on the top right hand side can > instead be manually set (with leading zero in case of numbers below ten) > to > indicate the linked balloting unit order in series 01 to 04 or 01 to 32. > 10. Yesterday we discovered that the Braille equivalent of the > thumbwheel switch number was pasted at the top centre position of the > ballot unit. It was big and broad and I couldn't make out what was > written > on it, nor the language. We had recommended Pictobraille for the text > "EVM > Number" followed by the sticker number, to make it language agnostic, but > that doesn't seem to have been done. > 11. The ECI finally implemented a text PDF version of Form 7A, it's not > exactly compliant on the screen reader accessibility front, but > definitely > readable. DRA has bookmarked it for your convenience at > http://bit.ly/form-7a , thus enabling you to read the candidate list in > the same order as the EVM! ECI subsequently has offered the same via its > PWD and voter helpline where by clicking candidates box, one can filter > entire candidates list by state district, constituency and finally by > contesting candidates. > > Hope this helps clarify the current situation! > > Vaishnavi > > --------------------------------------- > *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* > http://about.me/vjayakumar > > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2019 at 09:43, Prashanth MN <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear list, >> if anyone of you had more than 1 EVMS in your constituency, kindly >> tell whether braille signs in the 2nd EVM were matching the sighted >> serial numbers? >> As it is noticed here in Mysore and Mandya >> where more than one EVMS were used, >> the Braille numbers in the 2nd machine was once again started from >> one instead of from 17. >> In other words, The braille numbers in the 2nd machines are not in par >> with the sighted numbers. >> When my friends raised this issue with the R.O.s and A.R.O.s, they >> simply try to tought them basic mathematics like 16 plus 16 and so on. >> Dear list, >> I strongly feel that, it is clear violation of the principle of >> "informed Voating" as the improper information is causing misled >> voating. >> Lets consider the sighted voters scenario: >> A sighted voter can ensure to whom he/she is voating through multiple >> ways as the EVMs contain sighted serial numbers, symbles and by the >> candidate's photos as well. >> But for a visually impaired voter, probably, >> the only way of knowing to whom he/she is voating is through braille >> signs. >> If the braille serial numbers are not matching the actual serial >> numbers of the candidates, >> how it can be called an accessible and informed voating? >> One of the official said and it is also observed that, >> there is a Braille lable for the aditional machine. >> If the Numbers of EVMs can be put in Braille, why cant the ECI go >> farward and put the candidates serial number in aditional EVMs in >> accordance with standard serial numbers? >> >> >> With regards: >> Prashanth MN >> Panchayat Development Officer, >> Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department >> >> >> 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. 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