Residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region with disabilities cast their ballots in the election 9 September volunteers will help. Appropriate training for volunteers was provided by members of the NROOI "Invatur" and "Camerata".
По словам менеджера социальных проектов НРООИ «Инватур» Anastasia Druzhinina, help from volunteers will be in demand. “Many wheelchair users would like to vote for themselves. Help is needed for some older people. A separate category - people, walking with crutches. All of them may need escort from home to the polling station or help., to climb the stairs ”, - noted Druzhinina.
Activists of the Russian Youth Union will help people with disabilities, with which the election commission of the region concluded an agreement. Volunteer sites can be distinguished by a special icon. They are forbidden to campaign or represent the interests of one of the candidates.
Как рассказала председатель регионального избиркома Oksana Kislitsyna, Nizhny Novgorod people with disabilities themselves asked to organize the work of volunteers in the elections. “We decided to check, how it will work, whether the service will be in demand ", She added.
Volunteers are needed at 11 polling stations in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Желающих стать добровольцами просят обращаться на электронную почту Нижегородского отделения Russian Youth Union info@rsmnn.ru.
In total, in the Nizhny Novgorod region there are about 16 thousand. disabled voters.
9 september 2018 years in the region will be held the election of governor, by-elections to the State Duma, Legislative Assembly and City Council.
06.09.2018, ASI-Nizhny Novgorod
