Aldona and Mapusa are both assembly constituencies. They belong to North Goa parliamentary constituency on page 50.
On Mon 22 Apr, 2019, 6:12 PM Austin Pinto, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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