Friday, April 24, 2009

League of Friends of the Blind disappointed in IEC

By Sasha Forbes
24 April 2009

The League of Friends of the Blind received reports that Braille templates were not available at some polling stations on Wednesday.

Equal rights: The ballot and braille template (left) and using the template (right) - source: ( http://www.elections.org.za/braille_ballot.htm )

“Blind people were expecting to cast there votes in secret on Wednesday and unfortunately that could not happen at some stations,” said Executive Director of the League of Friends of the Blind Philip Bam

“It has been a great disappointment, we have had reports that in KZN and even in the Western Cape that no Braille templates were available,” said Bam

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