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EVMs to have Braille option

BANGALORE: The Election Commission will issue directions to Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer M.N. Vidyashankar to ensure that all electronic voting machines (EVMs) to be used in the Assembly elections in the State have a Braille option.

Over 50,000 EVMs will be used for polling in the State.

Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami told The Hindu that EVMs with Braille option had been used in a few States.

“It should not be a problem,” he said.

His reaction came following a petition by a delegation of Karnataka Angavikalara Rajya Okkoota on Wednesday to Mr. Vidyashankar seeking a Braille option in the EVMs, and ramps for the disabled at polling booths.

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