Voting should be accessible to all categories of citizens: wheelchair users checked polling stations
First on the list of spot checks – school number 103 Nizhny Novgorod region. First, what the members of the working group pay attention to – this is the entrance group. Namely, the presence of a ramp, for, so that disabled people – wheelchair users could easily get inside, to the polling station. Within the walls of the school, 4 polling stations will be located within the framework of a single voting day.
– This is the call button, and since further down the school we have stairs, although all polling stations are located on the ground floor, single staircase, which we have – this is a small staircase, to overcome which we use a special lift.
The system here has already been worked out. This crawler lift is used for schoolchildren with limited mobility., it will also be used on voting days. And this – Sormovsky district, school number 117. A representative joins the members of the regional election committee working group “Invatura Anastasia Druzhinina. За считанные секунды на коляске она поднимается по оборудованному пандусу. В доступности территории школы для людей с ограниченными возможностями здоровья – Anastasia is sure. Here she works as a teacher of additional education.. And here, as a voter – голосует.
Anastasia Druzhinina, Social Projects Manager, NROOI “Invatur”: During the last 5 years in all elections, human 3 -4, людей с инвалидностью на колясках обязательно приходят на данный участок. This is the entrance group: these are the ramps, these are wide doorways, this is an equipped bathroom, this is a crawler lift, if there is a need to go up from the 1st floor to 4- th.
But for the accessibility of polling stations – they will be located on the 1st floor. The next, check for voting Wednesday, there is also an Orthodox family center “The ark” в Ленинском районе. Знак “accessibility” appoints deputy chairman “Invoice” Svetlana Kupolova.
Svetlana Kupolova, Заместитель председателя НРООИ “Invatur”: We always use ordinary words., We are speaking, what “I went this route”. There was nothing here, and thanks to that, that everything is here- same polling station, we are very happy, that such a ramp appeared, which allows not only voters with limited mobility to come and vote, give up and fulfill your civic duty, but also for students with disabilities to attend this gymnasium.
The regional election commission notes, a lot of work is being done to ensure the electoral rights of citizens. At the beginning of the year, polling stations were certified. Clarified their location, equipped with ramps, decks and call buttons.
Anna Krasilnikova, Deputy Chairman of the Election Commission of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, working group chair: Based on the results of certification, it was revealed, what do we have 92% polling stations are organized on 1 floors, also we have 40% equipped with ramps, crawler lifts, therefore, we believe that at present, polling stations are equipped and accessible for voters with disabilities..
Celebrate, the main task, so that on voting days the only thing that people with limited mobility think about – not how to get to the polling station, and about that, who to vote for.
Nizhny Novgorod Regional Public Organization of Disabled People “Invatur” Monitoring the availability of Nizhny Novgorod polyclinics “Active movement” within the framework of the subprogram "Support for socially oriented non-profit organizations in the Nizhny Novgorod region"
