UX / UI Design Research
Case Study
Quantitative & Qualitative User
Research Report Analysis on the
Challenges & Barriers faced by
Persons with Disabilities (PwD)
Voters in India.
Introduction:
India is the largest democratic country and with
about 850 million recorded voters, it is the
Participatory Democracy of the world. The
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,Constitutional mandate of superintendence, control
and directions of Elections to the State Legislative
Assemblies and the parliament has been conferred
on the Election Commission of India. As an
independent Constitutional entity, the Election
Commission of India has effectively conducted
regular elections to the various state legislative
assemblies and Parliament for the past 66 years in a
free and fair, informed, Participative and credible
manner. The Election Commission which has been at
the forefront of embracing, adopting and
implementing the late technological advancements in
promoting and fine-tuning the election systems and
processes. However, the Election Commission has
taken the ground-breaking project of initiating
Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) for storing,
recording and even counting of public votes across
the breadth and length of the Country in a
credible ,transparent and secure manner as well as
backed by proper legal support. The Election
Commission has successfully used Electronic
Voting Machine (EVMs) in conducting 3 Lok Sabha
Elections and even 113 Elections to the lower house
of the state legislature over the last 23 years.
Provisions under Rule 49N of the Conduct of
Election Rules, 1961, ECI guidelines, and Supreme
Court orders directly address the issue of assistance
to persons with disabilities. Under Rule 49N, if owing
to blindness or other physical infirmities an elector is
unable to recognise the symbol on the EVM or
unable to record vote by pressing the appropriate
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, button thereon, the presiding officer shall permit the
elector to take with him a companion of not less than
eighteen years of age to the voting compartment for
recording the vote on his behalf and in accordance
with his wishes.
The essence of democracy lies in inclusion of all the
communities.
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Case Study
Quantitative & Qualitative User
Research Report Analysis on the
Challenges & Barriers faced by
Persons with Disabilities (PwD)
Voters in India.
Introduction:
India is the largest democratic country and with
about 850 million recorded voters, it is the
Participatory Democracy of the world. The
1
,Constitutional mandate of superintendence, control
and directions of Elections to the State Legislative
Assemblies and the parliament has been conferred
on the Election Commission of India. As an
independent Constitutional entity, the Election
Commission of India has effectively conducted
regular elections to the various state legislative
assemblies and Parliament for the past 66 years in a
free and fair, informed, Participative and credible
manner. The Election Commission which has been at
the forefront of embracing, adopting and
implementing the late technological advancements in
promoting and fine-tuning the election systems and
processes. However, the Election Commission has
taken the ground-breaking project of initiating
Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) for storing,
recording and even counting of public votes across
the breadth and length of the Country in a
credible ,transparent and secure manner as well as
backed by proper legal support. The Election
Commission has successfully used Electronic
Voting Machine (EVMs) in conducting 3 Lok Sabha
Elections and even 113 Elections to the lower house
of the state legislature over the last 23 years.
Provisions under Rule 49N of the Conduct of
Election Rules, 1961, ECI guidelines, and Supreme
Court orders directly address the issue of assistance
to persons with disabilities. Under Rule 49N, if owing
to blindness or other physical infirmities an elector is
unable to recognise the symbol on the EVM or
unable to record vote by pressing the appropriate
2
, button thereon, the presiding officer shall permit the
elector to take with him a companion of not less than
eighteen years of age to the voting compartment for
recording the vote on his behalf and in accordance
with his wishes.
The essence of democracy lies in inclusion of all the
communities.
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