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The District Monitoring Committee connected Accessible Elections (DMCAE), chaired by Collector Sheik Abdul Rahman, convened present astatine the Villupuram Collectorate connected Sunday.
The committee, comprising Municipal Commissioner, Differently-abled Welfare Officer, Social Welfare Officer, Chief Education Officer, differently-abled persons and non-government volunteers, is commissioned with the task of creating enabling conditions for voting by the differently-abled and to measure the enactment taken for the same.
Presently, implicit 18,600 differently-abled persons are registered arsenic voters successful the district. Sakshan — a mobile app for the differently-abled has been created by the Election Commission, the Collector said.
The DMCAE discussed the Election Commission guidelines for making polling places much accessible for differently-abled voters, starting with the mounting up of ramps successful polling centres, transport facilities, allowances for assistants accompanying differently-abled voters astatine the polling station.
The committee besides sought suggestions and recommendations from non-government volunteers and differently-abled persons to marque the voting process inclusive.
