When voters next go to the polls, the visually-impaired among them will find special aids to help them mark their ballots, according to the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).
Following a meeting with a delegation from the National Commission on Disability (NCD) on Wednesday that explored ways of effectively facilitating persons living with disabilities on Election Day, Gecom yesterday said it has given the undertaking to put into use a specially structured template to be placed over the ballot paper as an instrument which would assist visually-impaired electors in marking his/her ballot.
According to a Gecom statement, at the meeting both entities sought to identify and reduce barriers encountered when registering and voting at elections.