ECI introduced Braille EVMs, Saksham App and home voting for disabled citizens, alongside ETPBS for service personnel. Home voting aids elderly voters, while legal postal ballot provisions ensure voting access for preventive detainees.
What reforms have been introduced by the ECI to make voting more inclusive for the following groups a. People with Disabilities b. Service Voters c. Senior Citizens 60 years and above and 80 years and above d. Prisoners e. Persons in preventive detention
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ECI launched ramps, Braille EVMs and the Saksham App for disabled voters, plus home voting for forty percent benchmark disabilities and senior citizens above eighty-five. Service personnel use the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System from their postings. Convicted prisoners cannot vote by law, but citizens held under preventive detention are legally provided postal ballots to exercise their democratic franchise.
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