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.
