{"id":28502,"date":"2018-10-24T12:42:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28502"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:42:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:12:21","slug":"ec-launches-braille-enabled-voter-ids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ec-launches-braille-enabled-voter-ids\/","title":{"rendered":"EC launches Braille-enabled Voter IDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/ec-launches-braille-enabled-voter-ids\/article24334812.ece\">EC launches Braille-enabled Voter IDs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recently, the Election Commission launched voter identity cards with Braille label.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. It was done to ensure greater participation of persons with visual impairment in the electoral process<\/p>\n<p>3. The Commission also unveiled a strategic framework on \u201cAccessible Elections\u201d with representatives of the Central government, political parties, NGOs and experts on disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>4. A new Accessible Division in the India International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Management will also be set up.<\/p>\n<p>5. The Chief Election Commissioner announced following a series of measure for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the electoral process.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Printing of photo-identity cards with Braille<\/li>\n<li>Accessible communication awareness materials<\/li>\n<li>A mobile phone application to motivate and educate the voters<\/li>\n<li>Appointment of Disability Coordinates at the Assembly constituency, district and State level.<\/li>\n<li>Advertise the content material for the convenience of deaf persons and free transport facility to them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EC launches Braille-enabled Voter IDs News: Recently, the Election Commission launched voter identity cards with Braille label. Important facts: 2. It was done to ensure greater participation of persons with visual impairment in the electoral process 3. The Commission also unveiled a strategic framework on \u201cAccessible Elections\u201d with representatives of the Central government, political parties,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ec-launches-braille-enabled-voter-ids\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EC launches Braille-enabled Voter IDs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704906210},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}