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CEC prepares special Brail alphabet enhanced voting sheets

24 October 2005 [11:47] - TODAY.AZ
“Special voting stencils, compiled with the Brail alphabet will be available for blind voters at polling stations”, the Independent Press Center of the CEC, told Trend news agency.

The CEC is currently conducting work with respect to offer facilities for voting in the forthcoming parliamentary elections on 6 November.

Besides, to ensure the participation of people with physical disabilities in the voting process as a part of the pilot project it is also planned to construct ramps at the entrances to the polling stations.

In this respect the CEC cooperates with the Center of Disability ‘Lotos’.

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