In a first, Braille-enabled ballot papers in Meghalaya

Guwahati | Sunday | 31st March, 2019

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He added, “The ballot papers pasted on the EVMs will have the names and symbols of candidates in Braille alphabets. He added that 86 polling stations are along the international border with Bangladesh and 171 are along the inter-state boundary with Assam. Of them, 704 are vulnerable, 249 are critical and 68 are both critical and vulnerable polling stations. He added that there are 3167 polling stations spread acroos the state. There are more than 800 visually impaired voters in the state.”The state election department is encouraging the youth and persons with disabilities to come out and vote as part of its campaign ‘No Voter to Be Left Behind’..