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Facilities prepared for voters with disabilities in West Kalimantan
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All ready -- General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioners Arief Budiman (right) and Hadar Nafis Gumay (left) show off braille ballot papers for blind voters during a press conference in Jakarta on Jan. 4. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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lthough it will not provide special polling stations for voters with disabilities, the West Kalimantan General Elections Commission (KPU) has said it is ready to provide facilities to help disabled people cast ballots in the election of regional heads in Landak regency and the city of Singkawang on Feb. 15.
KPU Landak chairman Lomon said disabled voters would be prioritized.
“For blind voters, we have prepared ballot templates, which will make it easier for them to cast their votes,” he said in a recent interview.
In Landak, 869 out of 253,579 registered voters on the final voter lists (DPT) are disabled. It is estimated that 170 of these are blind or visually impaired.
Facilities for disabled voters will be provided at all 1,006 polling stations, which will be set up in 13 districts across the regency.
In Singkawang, 39 out of 214 disabled voters are blind or visually impaired.
KPU Singkawang head Ramdan said election organizers in the regency paid close attention to technical matters that could help disabled people cast their ballots.
There will be 405 polling stations set up in five districts across the city. (ebf)
